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The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
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The Age of Fable

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Narrator Mary Woods

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Length 13 hours 2 minutes
Language English
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Many of the world's travails may be traced to the displacement of mythology by the age of science. Knowledge today is often deemed useful only if it enlarges our possessions or raises our station in society. If instead, the criterion were to make us happier and more virtuous, mythology would have retained its proper place in society.

The Age of Fable is Thomas Bulfinch's brilliant reconstruction of the ancient myths and legends that form the backbone of western culture. Drawn from a variety of classic sources, including Ovid's Metamorphoses, Egyptian myths, Eastern mythology, and Hindu, Norse, and Celtic works, these selections form a remarkable tapestry of human endeavor: dreams, illusions, adventures, and loves. Included are the legends of Cupid and Psyche, Venus and Adonis, Hero and Leander, Hercules, and many others.

Thomas Bulfinch (1796โ€“1867) was educated at Boston Latin, Phillips Exeter, and Harvard. A clerk in the Merchantโ€™s Bank of Boston who wrote books in his spare time, he was the first to create a popular compendium of ancient myths and legends.

Mary Woodsย began her career in Washington, DC, where she performed at Fordโ€™s Theater, the Folger Theater, Round House, and Washington Stage Guild. She spent several seasons at New Playwrightsโ€™ Theater developing new American plays. She is a veteran narrator of Talking Books for the Library of Congress, and received the Alexander Scourby Narrator of the Year Award for fiction in 1996. Formerly a radio news director, she now hosts a daily local affairs interview program on Catholic Radio, for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. She lives in Albuquerque, where she continues to act on stage and in film. She received her BA at the Catholic University of America in Fine Arts and Drama.

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Author:

Narrator:
Mary Woods

ISBN:
9781538482353

Length:
13 hours 2 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing

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Edition:
Unabridged

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“Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated…Our book is an attempt to solve this problem, by telling the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement.”

โ€œ[Mary Woods]ย read[s] in a clear and pleasant voice without attempting to inject drama where there is none.โ€

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