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The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came... Read Full Overview

Aesop's Fables , by Aesop , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable... Read Full Overview

A brisk, timeless spark of wisdom-Aesop's Fables is here again, reimagined for today's readers and tomorrow's collectors. This classic fable collection, rendered in the original spirit of Aesop with Townsend's celebrated Victorian era English, gathers cunning parables and humane... Read Full Overview

203 of Aesop's most enduring and popular fables, translated into readable, modern American English and beautifully illustrated with 50 classic woodcuts by the great French artist J.J. Grandville.

A volume which bridges the centuries between the Renaissance and the 1980s with an illustrated and decorated version of Aesop's fables. Taken from a 15th-century Florentine manuscript traced to the library of Piero de' Medici, the book includes many favourite fables as well as... Read Full Overview

The original Aesop Fables, introduced by award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick. Over two hundred familiar tales from 'Look Before You Leap' and 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' to much less familiar tales, each with its own sharply pointed moral. Puffin Classics come with additional end... Read Full Overview

Aesop's Illustrated Fables features more than 400 fables, beautifully illustrated with engravings and color plates by Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane and Ernest Griset. It includes all of the classic fables whose titles and morals have become part of our common cultural vocabulary,... Read Full Overview

Over two hundred familiar tales from 'The Dog in the Manger' and 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' to much less familiar tales, each with its own sharply pointed moral.

Aesop's fables, the book, is a collection of wonderful stories by a well respected storyteller from ancient Greece. They have been regarded as some of the finest tales ever told, and are sure to all who read them This is a classic book, and one that will be a great addition to... Read Full Overview

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's... Read Full Overview