Fantastic Fables

by Ambrose Bierce

16 chapters3h 15mEnglish1899

About this book

A collection of 245 short funny fables - Summary by Inkell

1The Moral Principle and the Material Interest to The Critics

716

2The Foolish Woman to The Cat and the King

813

3The Literary Astronomer to The Life-Savers

1034

4The Australian Grasshopper to Physicians Two

836

5The Overlooked Factor to The Crew of the Life-boat

734

6A Treaty of Peace to The Power of the Scalawag

989

7At Large—One Temper to Equipped for Service

828

8The Basking Cyclone to Fortune and the Fabulist

878

9A Smiling Idol to The Expatriated Boss

922

10An Inadequate Fee to The Massacre

700

11A Ship and a Man to The Man and the Bird

660

12From the Minutes to The Dutiful Son

751

13Aesopus Emendatus: Part 1

441

14Aesopus Emendatus: Part 2

459

15Aesopus Emendatus: Part 3

461

16Old Saws with New Teeth

506