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Aesop's Fables By Aesop

Aesop's Fables by Aesop


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Summary

A collection that brings together three hundred of the most enduringly popular of Aesop fables. It includes all the age-old favourites - the wily fox, the vain peacock, the predatory cat and steady tortoise. It is a world where even a lamp and the moon can speak, and mice taunt bulls.

Aesop's Fables Summary

Aesop's Fables by Aesop

This timeless collection brings together three hundred of the most enduringly popular of Aesop fables in a collection that will delight young and old readers alike. Here are all the age-old favourites - the wily fox, the vain peacock, the predatory cat and steady tortoise - just as endearingly vivid and relevant now as they were for their very first audience.

Arthur Rackham was the leading decorative illustrator of the Edwardian period, and in this volume his delightful pen-and-ink illustrations have been beautifully and sensitively coloured by Barbara Frith.

About Aesop

Although the three hundred fables in his famous collection are attributed to Aesop, and his name is synonymous with the form, it seems unlikely he was in fact anything more than a legendary figure. While some historical accounts maintain he was a slave with a prodigious talent for story-telling who lived during the sixth century B.C., many believe it unlikely that this whole stock of fables can be attributed to one individual. What does seem clear though is that the fables began their life being orally transmitted before being put down in writing.

Additional information

GOR008006189
9781909621237
1909621234
Aesop's Fables by Aesop
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pan Macmillan
2014-09-01
256
N/A
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