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The Complete Fables

By Aesop
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In The Complete Fables by Aesop, you'll find a timeless collection of moral tales featuring animals with human-like qualities. Each story imparts a life lesson or moral, reflected through the clever and amusing interactions between the characters. These fables continue to influence arts and culture, offering wisdom and insight that is relevant across generations.
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You might enjoy this collection if you appreciate timeless tales with life lessons woven into the narratives. Filled with charming fables featuring animals with human traits, it offers moral insights and serves as a delightful exploration of human nature and societal norms. The stories' simplicity and depth have enchanted readers for generations, making it a captivating read for those interested in universal truths and classic storytelling.

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The Complete Fables

In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author.

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The Complete Fables provides a meticulous translation of the entire Aesopian collection of fables. This edition offers readers an insightful introduction that delves into the transmission of fable "stock" from Sanskrit to Aesop.

The introduction also examines the precise nature of the animals featured within these fables. It aims to rescue the stories from a long-standing tradition of moralistic interpretation and challenges the academic perspective that views the genre solely as a populist one.

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The Complete Fables by Aesop is highly praised for its timeless moral tales which continue to engage readers of all ages. Reviewers appreciate the simplicity and depth of the stories, often noting their relevance in contemporary settings despite their ancient origins. The book's collection is admired for its comprehensive nature, offering a vast array of fables that illustrate human virtues and vices effectively.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140446494

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 January 1998

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Robert Temple
  • Translated by Robert Temple
  • Translated by Olivia Temple

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 213g

Pages: 288

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Aesop Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Featured General Fiction Literary Fiction New Release Fiction Non-Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

Aesop lived in the early sixth century BC on the island of Samos, which lies off the coast of modern Turkey. He originally came from Thrace which was a separate country in those days, though it now forms part of Greece and Bulgaria. Very little is known about his life except that he worked as a slave on Samos for a master called Iadmon, and that he became a very famous storyteller. He was so famous that almost any fable which could have been told by him became attributed to him.

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