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Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables Paperback - 1996

by Aesop Aesop

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Penguin Young Readers Group, 1996. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Aesop's Fables
  • Author Aesop Aesop
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Young Readers Group, London
  • Date 1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0140369848I3N00
  • ISBN 9780140369847 / 0140369848
  • Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.76 x 5.28 x 0.55 in (19.71 x 13.41 x 1.40 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Library of Congress subjects Fables
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.209

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Summary

Sardonic, wry and wise, Aesop's Fables are some of the most enduring and well-loved literary creations in history. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock him. Each jewel-like fable provides a warning about the consequences of wrong-doing, as well as offering a glimpse into the everyday lives of Ancient Greeks.

From the publisher

Aesop probably lived in the middle part of the sixth century BC. A statement in Herodotus gives ground for thinking that he was a slave belonging to a citizen of Samos called Iadmon. Legend says that he was ugly and misshapen. There are many references to Aesop found in the Athenian writers: Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle and others. It is not known whether he wrote down his Fables himself, nor indeed how many of them are correctly attributed to his invention.

First line

A fox slipped in climbing a fence.

About the author

AESOP probably lived in the middle part of the sixth century BC. A statement in Herodotus gives grounds for thinking that he was a slave.