Aesop's Fables by Aesop [Unabridged Edition] [NOOK Book]

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Aesop was an Ancient Greek story-teller and slave, famed and cherished for his short fables that often involve personified animals. In the renowned collection of works that is Aesop's Fables, he weaves moral education and entertainment together into tales that have been enjoyed by many, many generations. A lot of the stories in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (giving us the term "sour grapes"), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun and The Boy Who Cried Wolf, are well-known across ...
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Aesop's Fables by Aesop [Unabridged Edition]

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Overview

Aesop was an Ancient Greek story-teller and slave, famed and cherished for his short fables that often involve personified animals. In the renowned collection of works that is Aesop's Fables, he weaves moral education and entertainment together into tales that have been enjoyed by many, many generations. A lot of the stories in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (giving us the term "sour grapes"), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun and The Boy Who Cried Wolf, are well-known across the world. The 1st century philosopher Apollonius of Tyana said of Aesop:

"...like those who dine well off the plainest dishes, he made use of humble incidents to teach great truths, and after serving up a story he adds to it the advice to do a thing or not to do it. Then, too, he was really more attached to truth than the poets are; for the latter do violence to their own stories in order to make them probable; but he by announcing a story which everyone knows not to be true, told the truth by the very fact that he did not claim to be relating real events. And there is another charm about him, namely, that he puts animals in a pleasing light and makes them interesting to mankind. For after being brought up from childhood with these stories, and after being as it were nursed by them from babyhood, we acquire certain opinions of the several animals and think of some of them as royal animals, of others as silly, of others as witty, and others as innocent." (Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Book V:14)
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940012915160
  • Publisher: Lions Gate Classics
  • Publication date: 10/1/2010
  • Series: Lions Gate Classics , #1
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 680,252
  • File size: 151 KB

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Aesop or Esop (pronounced /ˈeɪsɒp/ ay-sop or /ˈiːsəp/ ee-səp, Greek: Αἴσωπος, Aisōpos, c. 620-564 BCE) was a Greek writer credited with number of popular fables, although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive. Numerous tales appearing under his name were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. In many of the tales, animals speak and have human characteristics.

Scattered details of Aesop's life can be found in ancient sources, including Aristotle, Herodotus, and Plutarch. An ancient literary work called The Aesop Romance tells an episodic, probably highly fictional version of his life, including the traditional description of him as a strikingly ugly slave (δοῦλος) who by his cleverness acquires freedom and becomes an adviser to kings and city-states. A later tradition (dating from the Middle Ages) depicts Aesop as a black Ethiopian. Depictions of Aesop in popular culture over the last 2500 years have included several works of art and his appearance as a character in numerous books, films, plays, and television programs.
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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 12, 2011

    This reviews is of the sample.

    I have been looking for a book of Aesop's Fables for my 9yo that has pictures to make it more fun and thought i had come across it with this,so i got the sample to make sure.I was dissapointed again by B&N.I don't understand what is the point of giving you a sample of the book if the sample doesn't give you a real idea of what the book is like.This sample gives you the table of contents and that is all.I could get this book for free since it is in the public domain but that is not child friendly.I have looked at all the Aesop's Fable books available from B&N and all have the same problem.I think they could do a better job with the sample because it is the sample that convinces people to buy the book,or not in my case.Maybe Amazon can do a better job.

    7 out of 15 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 13, 2011

    Love+the+book%2C+hate+the+occasional+typo

    I+really+enjoy+%22The+Hobbit%2C%22+I+would+give+the+story+five+stars.The+typos+in+this+version++of+the+book+can+be+annoying+though.+I+am+a+quarter+of+the+way+through+the+book+and+have+had+to+reread+some+sentences+to+try+to+figure+out+what+an+incorrect+word+should+be+%28such+as+%22be%22+instead+of+%22he%29.+Unfortunately+this+seems+to+be+a+problem+with+many+ebooks+though.

    3 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 19, 2011

    Greek vs. Romans

    Kill each other in battle or team up and learn about myths how about both

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 9, 2011

    Wonderful storyline

    Im only 30 pages into the book and its amazing, but it has a slow start into the adventure.

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  • Posted July 16, 2011

    One of the best

    Its always a fun read at any age!

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  • Posted July 16, 2011

    Ummmmm

    Is this lend me

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  • Posted July 12, 2011

    Great

    Only halfway through but love it

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  • Posted July 7, 2011

    Wierd glitch

    So i bought this as the hobbit, but a couple days later the title and cover show up as aesops fables. I can still view the hobbit by selecting aesops fables, but i cant buy aesops fables or the hobbit as this blasted thing seems determined that ive bought them both.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 27, 2011

    Great book!!

    My kids love this book and the pictures make it even more entertaining for them! 5 stars!

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  • Posted June 11, 2011

    Bestest+book+ever%21%21%21%21

    I+love+this+book%21+Actrully%2C+i+didnt+read+it+as+a+nook+book.+But+its+still+one+of+my+favorites%21%21%21

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  • Posted June 9, 2011

    Bad+pics%21

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