Aesop's Fables

Name: Aesop's Fables
Author: Aesop
ISBN: 9781910343418

Author: Aesop
Series: Children's Classics
Language: English
Length: 120 pages
ISBN: 9781910343418
Published: 15 June 2014
Imprint: Sovereign

fables
Aesop
fairy tale
children
magic
bedtime
stories
folklore
good and evil
family

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Description

Aesop's Fables from ancient Greek story teller of diverse origins. The stories associated with Aesop's name have descended to modern times through a number of sources. They continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic mediums.

Author

Aesop was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales associated with him are characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters.

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