-
Aesop's Fables
- Narrated by: Anthony Richardson
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 12-10-15
- Language: English
- Publisher: Spokenworld Audio & Ladbroke Audio Ltd
Regular price: $3.09
People who bought this also bought...
-
Grimm's Fairy Tales
- By: Brothers Grimm
- Narrated by: Brian Kelly
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 13
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 13
"Children's and Household Tales" (German: "Kinder- und Hausmärchen") is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as "Grimms' Fairy Tales" (German: "Grimms Märchen").
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Nursery Rymes...
- By Sherry Jones on 11-14-18
-
Bleak House
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Stacy Newman
- Length: 38 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
"Bleak House" is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. At the novel's core is long-running litigation in England's Court of Chancery, Jarndyce v Jarndyce, which has far-reaching consequences for all involved. The litigation, which already has taken many years and consumed between £60,000 and £70,000 in court costs, is emblematic of the failure of Chancery.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Quite long, but worth a listen!
- By Sara J on 12-18-18
-
Aesop's Fables
- By: Aesop
- Narrated by: Brian Kelly
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 6
The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Aesop would have cried...
- By Loren Riano on 11-29-18
-
Oedipus the King
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 211
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 176
In Sophocles' tragedy, Oedipus discovers that he has been caught in his terrible destiny, unknowingly murdering his father and marrying his mother.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Superb
- By Mark on 11-24-09
-
Aesop's Fables
- By: Aesop
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 45
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 46
A collection of the best-loved of Aesop's fables including: "The Fox and the Grapes", "The Hare and the Tortoise," and "The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse."
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Wooden
- By Paul on 10-23-03
-
Self Reliance
- By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrated by: Alana Munro
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 644
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 543
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 536
The most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." This essay is a considered a watershed moment in which transcendentalism became a major cultural movement. An American classic.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Don't buy this
- By Leah Twitchell on 07-31-16
-
Grimm's Fairy Tales
- By: Brothers Grimm
- Narrated by: Brian Kelly
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 13
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 13
"Children's and Household Tales" (German: "Kinder- und Hausmärchen") is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as "Grimms' Fairy Tales" (German: "Grimms Märchen").
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Nursery Rymes...
- By Sherry Jones on 11-14-18
-
Bleak House
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Stacy Newman
- Length: 38 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
"Bleak House" is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. At the novel's core is long-running litigation in England's Court of Chancery, Jarndyce v Jarndyce, which has far-reaching consequences for all involved. The litigation, which already has taken many years and consumed between £60,000 and £70,000 in court costs, is emblematic of the failure of Chancery.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Quite long, but worth a listen!
- By Sara J on 12-18-18
-
Aesop's Fables
- By: Aesop
- Narrated by: Brian Kelly
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 6
The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Aesop would have cried...
- By Loren Riano on 11-29-18
-
Oedipus the King
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 211
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 176
In Sophocles' tragedy, Oedipus discovers that he has been caught in his terrible destiny, unknowingly murdering his father and marrying his mother.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Superb
- By Mark on 11-24-09
-
Aesop's Fables
- By: Aesop
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 45
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 46
A collection of the best-loved of Aesop's fables including: "The Fox and the Grapes", "The Hare and the Tortoise," and "The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse."
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Wooden
- By Paul on 10-23-03
-
Self Reliance
- By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrated by: Alana Munro
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 644
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 543
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 536
The most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." This essay is a considered a watershed moment in which transcendentalism became a major cultural movement. An American classic.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Don't buy this
- By Leah Twitchell on 07-31-16
-
The Velveteen Rabbit
- By: Margery Williams
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 88
"When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but really loves you, then you become real." First published in 1922, Margery Williams' enchanting story about a toy rabbit is a classic of children's literature. This gentle rendition comes alive through Meryl Streep's soothing narration and George Winston's beautiful music score. Ages four and up.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Enchanting story
- By Mandy Leppard on 12-11-16
-
The Metamorphosis
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Brian Kelly
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 38
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 29
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 28
"The Metamorphosis" (German: "Die Verwandlung") is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin".
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Intriguing
- By Amazon Customer on 08-06-18
-
The Call of the Wild
- By: Jack London
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah Agliotta
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Jack London's masterpiece, tells the gripping tale of a dog named Buck who is wrenched out of his life of ease and luxury to become a sled dog in Alaska. Drawing on his wolf heritage, Buck must fight for survival in an alien environment.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The law of club and fang<br />
- By markweintraub on 07-24-17
-
Allegory of the Cave
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 211
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 144
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 144
Plato's Allegory of the Cave is what many believe to be the foundation of Western Philosophy. It addresses what is visible and invisible, seen and observed versus intuited and imagined, and what is public versus private and just versus unjust. It also concerns the meaning and importance of education, the state of the soul, the conflict between truth and beauty, animal urges versus higher aspirations, knowledge versus ignorance, and on and on.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Disappointed Customer
- By JK on 01-08-09
-
Selected Just So Stories
- By: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrated by: Johnny Morris
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 134
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 86
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 87
Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn from stories he heard as a child in India as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world, Rudyard Kipling gives some wonderfully imaginative explanations.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent
- By J on 11-22-11
-
Oliver Twist
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Claire Walsh
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Named a "national institution" by George Orwell, Dickens offers his most popular tale, of the orphan who is reared in a workhouse and runs away to London. A novel of social protest, a morality tale, and a detective story.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Oliver twist
- By Martha P. on 08-26-18
-
Medea
- By: Euripides
- Narrated by: Judith Anderson, Anthony Quayle
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 36
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 29
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 27
Judith Anderson and Anthony Quayle perform Medea, an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides. It is based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Recording could be better
- By Marena on 07-15-13
-
Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Life Among the Lowly
- By: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,688
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,537
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,536
Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. In 1855, three years after it was published, it was called "the most popular novel of our day." A thrilling and important piece of American literature!
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent Narration
- By Linda on 04-14-16
-
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
- By: Lewis Carroll
- Narrated by: Shelby Lewis
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 104
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 91
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 91
When Alice tumbles down, down, down a rabbit-hole one hot summer's afternoon in pursuit of a White Rabbit, she finds herself in Wonderland. And there begin the fantastical adventures that will see her experiencing extraordinary changes in size, swimming in a pool of her own tears, and attending the very maddest of tea parties.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Fun listen
- By Eclictic Consumer on 08-07-18
-
The Story of Human Language
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,061
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,780
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,740
Language defines us as a species, placing humans head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. But it also beguiles us with its endless mysteries, allowing us to ponder why different languages emerged, why there isn't simply a single language, how languages change over time and whether that's good or bad, and how languages die out and become extinct.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
You'll Never Look at Languages the Same Way Again
- By SAMA on 03-11-14
-
Ben-Hur
- A Tale of the Christ
- By: Lew Wallace
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 23 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 540
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 489
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 494
A classic of faith, fortitude, and inspiration, this faithful New Testament tale combines the events of the life of Jesus with grand historical spectacle in the exciting story of Judah of the House of Hur, a man who finds extraordinary redemption for himself and his family. Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the first century. His old friend, Messala, arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Awesome Story!
- By Scott Man on 07-09-16
-
The Lorax
- By: Dr. Seuss
- Narrated by: Ted Danson
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 355
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 268
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 272
Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
A classic, but...
- By Erin on 11-19-09
Publisher's Summary
Beloved by generations of children and adults, Aesop's Fables continue to be a source of pleasure and learning for millions around the world. Animalistic morality tales, short in nature, help young minds to learn many of the rules and manners of our society.
The tales have been translated, interpreted and presented in myriad ways over the years. Over the past few years, Anthony Richardson has been putting his own spin on the tales in the Ginx TV show The First Hour.
Now, Spokenworld Audio are proud to present Anthony reading a collection of Aesop’s Fables in audio for the very first time. In this collection, 82 of the very finest fables can be found and are grouped into eight 10-minute volumes for ease of listening.
More from the same
What members say
Average Customer Ratings
Overall
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars11
-
4 Stars1
-
3 Stars1
-
2 Stars1
-
1 Stars0
Performance
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars6
-
4 Stars3
-
3 Stars1
-
2 Stars0
-
1 Stars0
Story
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars7
-
4 Stars0
-
3 Stars2
-
2 Stars1
-
1 Stars0
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Carl M. Bishop
- Cleveland, Ohio
- 09-20-17
All the Best
Excellent reading that brings Aesop's Fables to life. This covers the best stories in a quick listen.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Lawrence Obisakin
- 12-13-16
AESOP'S FSBLES STE TIMELESS GEMS OF WISDOM
Just as a UN Undersecretary told me in 2010, on launching my book on Proverbs,fables like parables or proverbs are the chips that carry summaries of ancient wits or wisdom .Aesop's Fables serve the same purpose. I recommend them as a daily tonic for all those who need wisdom for life.
0 of 3 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Mr. A. Botsio
- 04-10-16
Memories
Great listening bought back childhood memories of Sunday afternoons listening to 78s with siblings whilst the smell of roast wafted through