The James Thurber Audio Collection: Fables and Selected Stories by James Thurber

· HarperAudio · Narrated by Keith Olbermann
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Collected fables and short stories from literary legend and iconic American humorist James Thurber, performed by Keith Olbermann

""James Thurber was a comedic genius. His fables are not simply parodies of Aesop. They are wry, accurate, and powerful reflections of ourselves, our foibles, our follies, and, above all, our self-importance. And they are very, very funny."" — Neil Gaiman

Stories in the collection include:

  • There’s No Place Like Home
  • The Bear Who Let It Alone
  • The Greatest Man in the World
  • The Night the Ghost Got In
  • I Went to Sullivant
  • The Unicorn in the Garden
  • How to Relax While Broadcasting
  • The Tortoise and the Hare
  • A Box to Hide In
  • The Owl Who Was God
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
  • If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox
  • The Moth and the Star
  • The Dog That Bit People
  • The Topaz Cufflinks Mystery
  • The Little Girl and the Wolf
  • The Macbeth Murder Mystery
  • The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble
  • The Night the Bed Fell
  • Sex Ex Machina
  • The Scotty Who Knew Too Much
  • The Car We Had to Push
  • The Peacelike Mongoose

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About the author

James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Famous for his humorous writings and illustrations, he was a staff member of The New Yorker for more than thirty years. He died in 1961.

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