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Aesop's Fables (Puffin Classics) Paperback - 1996
by Aesop
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- Title Aesop's Fables (Puffin Classics)
- Author Aesop
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Condition New
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Puffin, London
- Date February 1, 1996
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # C35029
- 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
First line
A fox slipped in climbing a fence.