| Aesop's Fables Contributor(s): Aesop (Author), Pickering, Sam (Introduction by), Zipes, Jack (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0451529537 ISBN-13: 9780451529534 Publisher: Signet Book OUR PRICE: $5.36 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: Beautifully illustrated with 50 classic woodcuts by the French artist J.J. Grandville, this collection of 203 of Aesop's most enduring and popular fables features a new Introduction and Afterword. Reissue. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 398.2 |
| LCCN: 2004013315 |
| Lexile Measure: 1090 |
| Series: Signet Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.1" W x 6.9" (0.35 lbs) 304 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 85722 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This exclusive Signet Classic edition contains 203 of Aesop's most enduring and popular fables, translated into readable, modern American English and beautifully illustrated with classic woodcuts by the great French artist J. J. Grandville. It is both amazing and wonderful that so much of the richness of our language and our moral education still owes a huge debt to a Greek slave who was executed more than two thousand years ago. Yet "sour grapes," "crying 'wolf, '" "actions speak louder than words," "honesty is the best policy," and literally hundreds of other metaphors, axioms, and ideas that are now woven into the very fabric of Western culture all came from Aesop's Fables. An extraordinary storyteller who used cunning foxes, surly dogs, clever mice, fearsome lions, and foolish humans to describe the reality of a harsh world, Aesop created narratives that are appealing, funny, politically astute, and profoundly true. And Aesop's truth--often summed up in the pithy "moral of the story"--retains an awesome power to affect us, reaching us through both our intellects and our hearts. Including: "The Fox and the Grapes" "The Ants and the Grasshopper" "The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse" ...and 200 Other Famous Fables Edited and with an Afterword by Jack Zipes With an Introduction by Sam Pickering |