Fables Of Aesop
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few works have shaped the moral imagination of Western civilization as profoundly as the fables attributed to Aesop, the legendary Greek storyteller whose animal tales have endured for over two and a half millennia. This Penguin Classics edition gathers the most celebrated of these compact, cunning parables — from the tortoise's patient triumph over the hare to the crow's vanity exploited by the fox — each one a miniature drama that illuminates a universal truth about human nature with disarming simplicity and wit. Aesop's genius lies in his ability to wield the animal kingdom as a mirror for human folly, ambition, greed, and wisdom, a technique that would go on to inspire La Fontaine, Orwell, and countless others. The fables operate on two levels simultaneously: as delightful, accessible stories and as sharp social commentaries that challenged the powerful and counselled the humble. This authoritative collection presents the tales in clear, elegant prose that honours their ancient origins while remaining wholly alive to the modern reader — leaving one to wonder, long after the final moral is delivered, whether we are truly any different from the creatures on the page.
Author: Aesop
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few works have shaped the moral imagination of Western civilization as profoundly as the fables attributed to Aesop, the legendary Greek storyteller whose animal tales have endured for over two and a half millennia. This Penguin Classics edition gathers the most celebrated of these compact, cunning parables — from the tortoise's patient triumph over the hare to the crow's vanity exploited by the fox — each one a miniature drama that illuminates a universal truth about human nature with disarming simplicity and wit. Aesop's genius lies in his ability to wield the animal kingdom as a mirror for human folly, ambition, greed, and wisdom, a technique that would go on to inspire La Fontaine, Orwell, and countless others. The fables operate on two levels simultaneously: as delightful, accessible stories and as sharp social commentaries that challenged the powerful and counselled the humble. This authoritative collection presents the tales in clear, elegant prose that honours their ancient origins while remaining wholly alive to the modern reader — leaving one to wonder, long after the final moral is delivered, whether we are truly any different from the creatures on the page.