Bambi, Felix Salten
Bambi, Felix Salten
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Bambi

Author: Felix Salten

Narrator: Arlo Eddowes

Unabridged: 5 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/03/2026

Categories: Fiction, Animals, Classic


Synopsis

Bambi is a roe deer fawn born in a thicket in late spring. Over the course of the summer, his mother teaches him about the various inhabitants of the forest and the ways deer live. When she feels he is old enough, she takes him to the meadow, which he learns is a wonderful but also dangerous place, as it leaves the deer exposed and in the open. After some initial fear over his mother's caution, Bambi enjoys the experience. On a subsequent trip, Bambi meets his Aunt Ena and her twin fawns Faline and Gobo. They quickly become friends and share what they have learned about the forest. While they are playing, they encounter princes, male deer, for the first time. After the stags leave, the fawns learn that those were their fathers, but that the fathers rarely stay with or speak to the females and young.

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.


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 July 02, 2025

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