Bambi

Name: Bambi
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Felix Salten
ISBN: 9781609989170

Author: Felix Salten, Whittaker Chambers

Narrator: Frank Dolan

Unabridged: 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 04/30/2010

Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories, Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Bambi's life in the woods begins happily. There are forest animals to play with—friend Hare, the chattery squirrel, the noisy screech owl, and Bambi's twin cousins, frail Gobo and beautiful Faline. But winter comes, and Bambi learns that the woods hold danger—and things he doesn't understand. The first snowfall makes food hard to find. Bambi's father, a handsome stag, roams the forest, but leaves Bambi and his mother alone. Then there is Man. He comes to the forest with weapons that can wound an animal. He does terrible things to Gobo, to Bambi's mother, and even to Bambi. But he can't keep Bambi from growing into a handsome stag himself and becoming the Prince of the Forest.

About Felix Salten

Felix Salten (1869–1945) was an Austrian author and critic whose most famous work is Bambi, a Life in the Woods. He was born Siegmund Salzmann in Budapest, Hungary, but immigrated with his family to Vienna, Austria, when he was only four weeks old.

About Whittaker Chambers

Whittaker Chambers (1901–1961) was an American writer, editor, Communist Party member and spy for the Soviet Union who defected and became an outspoken opponent of Communism. He is best known for his testimony about the perjury and espionage of Alger Hiss.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Justin on May 17, 2019

Bambi is one of Disney's darkest films, but it's lighthearted whimsy compared to the original novel which would require trigger warnings nowadays. Thumper is brutally slaughtered as gunshots reverberate throughout the meadow and pools of blood stain the daisies. Death is everywhere--even in the tree......more

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on September 17, 2024

How come I have never read this little treasure before now? Bambi: A life in the Woods is a true classic of children’s literature, with passages of great joy and also of deep regret and sorrow; exhilarating, but also occasionally savage, and heavy with exquisite prose descriptions of the woods and c......more

Goodreads review by James on August 05, 2020

Book Review Bambi, a children's / young adult book published in 1923 by Felix Salten, is very different than the one we've seen from Walt Disney. Many have seen the cartoon versions, felt sad for the death and know it as a classic "growing-up" book for kids. But it's really a whole lot mo......more

Goodreads review by Magrat on October 01, 2021

Este libro me ha gustado más de lo que esperaba y sorprendido muchísimo. Es muy melancólico y triste, habla de la muerte, la soledad y la relación del ser humano con los animales. Está contado de una manera muy especial, realmente sientes que los animales se comportan como animales y sienten como el......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on August 11, 2018

Read this book some time ago and all the family really enjoyed the story. A timeless classic that I needed tissues for when I read to the children. Pure nostalgia.......more

Quotes

“A delicious book…Felix Salten is a poet. He feels nature deeply and he loves animals.” John Galsworthy, Nobel Prize–winning author

“The reader is made to feel deeply and thrillingly the terror and anguish of the hunted, the deceit and cruelty of the savage, the patience and devotion of the mother to her young, the fury of rivals in love, the grace and loneliness of the great princes of the forest.” Dallas Morning News

“Marked by poetry and sympathy [with] charming reminders of German folklore and fairy tale.” Catholic World