The Complete Fables
$22.61
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
24 April 1998
Summary
Penguin Classics relaunch Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC, who represented his masters in court and negotiations, and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. All these fables, full of humour, insight and savage wit, as well as many fascinating glimpses of ordinary life, have now been brought together for the first time in this definitive and fully annotated modern edition.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140446494 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140446494 |
| Author: | Aesop, Robert Temple, Olivia Temple |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 24 April 1998 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 128mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Aesop
Aesop lived in the early sixth century BC on the island of Samos, which lies off the coast of modern Turkey. He originally came from Thrace, which was a separate country in those days, though it now forms part of Greece and Bulgaria.
Very little is known about his life except that he worked as a slave on Samos for a master called Iadmon, and that he became a very famous storyteller. He was so famous that almost any fable which could have been told by him became attributed to him.
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