The Complete Fables (Penguin Classics) Paper back - 1998
by Aesop
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- Title The Complete Fables (Penguin Classics)
- Author Aesop
- Binding Paper Back
- Edition International Ed
- Condition New
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics, NY
- Date March 1998
- Features Annotated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 87246
- ISBN 9780140446494 / 0140446494
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 7.84 x 5.08 x 0.69 in (19.91 x 12.90 x 1.75 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1030
- Library of Congress subjects Fables, Greek
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98140244
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.245
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Summary
'Many people are not in the least disturbed at the harm that befalls them, provided they can see their enemies’ downfall first’
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.
This definitive edition is the first translation into English of the entire corpus of 358 unbowdlerized fables. It is fully annotated, with an introduction that rescues the fables from a tradition of moralistic interpretation.