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Aesop's Fables Kindle Edition

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Aesop (620–564 BC) was a Greek slave and storyteller credited as the author of Aesop’s Fables. While Aesop’s tales were referenced by such figures as Aristophanes, Plutarch, and Sophocles, very little is known for certain about the fabulist from the island of Samos.

Originally part of the oral tradition, the stories were first anthologized centuries after Aesop’s death―if, as some scholars question, Aesop ever really existed at all. Nevertheless, the parables attributed to him have had a profound influence on generations of young readers around the world, and they continue to be part of our modern lexicon to this day.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004UJSZQ8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Newcos (March 30, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 30, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 179 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 43 pages

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Joseph E Botts

A Classic Look at ClassicThinking

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2014

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Aesop's Fables were written to convey a message. Sometimes they offer wisdom, and sometimes they poke fun at conventional wisdom. It illustrates a lot of the thinking and the old ways of doing things and dealing with the world going back into the Pre-Christian times when things were looked at quite differently than they are today. The book is fun to read because each little story only takes a few minutes to read and the plot changes so quickly from story to story that it is easy to simply relax and let the book carry you along without having to deal with any heavy plots or deep concentration. It is also very interesting to find out where so many of our old cliches and sayings originated from. Much of the material would be worth reading to children, and would be a great exercise to teach them to look for deep, and sometimes hidden, meaning.

As an adult, I find the book to be both interesting and entertaining, so I give it five stars.

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Bill Fleming

There are apparently more than I realized

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2022

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I got this book because I wanted to reread or rehear Aesop's Fables. I did not realize that there are apparently more of these fables than I realized. I say apparently because there seems to be some debate as to who actually wrote them (kind of like the chapters of the Bible). Some of these are familiar to me from school. Some are new to me. Some have morals, but some apparently do not have a moral. Fables and parables are a useful means of imparting some advice or wisdom, and the world seems to need a lot of this now.

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Michelle

One of the best books ever written. New generation should become familiar with such an awesome book!

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2017

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One of the best books ever written. My 5th grade math teacher would start our class every morning with a story from this book and it's perfect for kids. I love this book and recommend it highly to the newer generation as it has the most adventurous stories especially when you have a theatrical person to read it to you. Thanks Mrs. Ruth Wallace, I will never forget how you made the class exciting with the entrance everyday.

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SusanneP

Wonderful!

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023

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Beautiful book with beautiful illustrations. My granddaughter will love it!

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Rex M. Rogers

Aesop's Fables, A Classic Finally Read

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2012

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Aesop's Fables have been with us since the 6th Century B.C. The fables' fame is rooted in their antiquity, story-telling form, and common sense.

Whether Aesop, reputedly a slave who later became a free man, wrote the fables or wrote some, compiled some (scholars lean to the latter) is still debated. Either way, the canon has been settled upon some 656 fables Aesop apparently told in his lifetime.

Not long ago I set out to read some of the classics, books I'd heard about all my life but never got around to reading. Aesop's Fables made the list.

Aesop's stories relate to common experiences in everyday life often as seen or spoken through the vantage point of animals, two attributes of his writing that have allowed the fables to translate easily across languages and cultures and most especially into the lives of children. And, the stories are an illustrator's dream.

Some of the fables are what we'd call "lame," not very weighty or convincing and not particularly useful. Then again, many are interesting for their universal appeal or for their surprising insight.

"The Fox and the Grapes," that is to say "sour grapes," has entered the conversational lexicon. So has "The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs," the ill-fated bird killed by a farmer's greed. In "The Tortoise and the Hare" we see that "slow and steady wins the race."

In "The Mischievous Dog" we learn that "notoriety is often mistaken for fame," something our celebrity-mad culture could do to relearn. "The Crow and the Pitcher" teaches "necessity is the mother of invention." This, our pioneer forefathers handed down to us, though such initiative and creativity are waning in contemporary culture.

"The Gnat and the Bull" teaches "we may often be of more consequence in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbors." While "The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf"--remember the boy who cried "Wolf?"--warns "you cannot believe a liar even when he tells the truth." This is applicable in today's bloodsport national politics if not also in office politics. Another refresher we need in our politics is listed in "The Boy Bathing," wherein the moral is "give assistance, not advice, in a crisis."

"The Two Bags," like several other fables, is reminiscent of Scripture. In this story we're told that every person carries two bags, one in front and one behind, both packed full of faults. The bag in front contains our neighbor's faults while the one behind contains our own. So, you guessed it, we always see our neighbor's faults but never our own. Matthew 7:3 asks why we look at the speck of sawdust in our brother's eye but fail to see the plank in our own.

"The Dog and the Shadow" addresses greed, while "The Crow and the Raven" is about the cost of pretentiousness.

Some of the reading was slow and, to me, nonsensical. But I can see why the fables have earned global acclaim. Aesop's fables aren't the proverbs of Proverbs, but they are interesting and thought provoking. I enjoyed reading them.

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Jerry Campbell

Beautiful

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2023

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Well made, bounded and pictures are vivid. All the old-time, standard stories I grew up. A must for your children. Got the book for a co-worker to read for her young grandchildren.....she loved it.

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Miran

Great boks for childrem

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2022

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Love this bok.It was free and i can have the best bedtime stories for children.My husband like it too.IT has some pearls of wisdom and wonderful for children.Thoroughly enjoyable.

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2013

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This is a quick read but one that give plenty of food for thought and some sage advice as well. Some seem keen to point to what is lacking in this version - I couldn't see any problems. For the price though it's hard not to be content with it. If you still aren't satisfied it may be worth reading some more of the morals contained within.

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Reviewed in Canada on June 9, 2021

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This book was very good and entertaining. There are morals in each story. There are stories I hear before in the book. I would recommend.

Barbarus

brevi e gradevoli

Reviewed in Italy on March 24, 2023

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Queste storie, alcune molto note e altre meno, per la loro brevità e gradevolezza nella versione inglese sono un'ottima lettura per chi desidera esercitarsi in questa lingua.

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Subodh Kumar Rai

Great work...

Reviewed in India on March 2, 2019

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I need to praise the group of volunteers who looked up so many stories and converted into this digital version. Indeed, Aesop's stories are so popular that going through most of tje stories, I was like, "I've read that here and the other one there."

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sayid jarrah

懐かしさ。

Reviewed in Japan on February 21, 2022

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深い意味に時折気づかされ、どきっとした疑念が呼び返され、、、。