Aesop's Fables - Softcover

Aesop

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140621288 ISBN 13: 9780140621280

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1996

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0140621288
• ISBN 13: 9780140621280
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224