Aesop embodies an epigram not uncommon in human history; his fame is all the more deserved because he never deserved it. The firm foundations of common sense, the shrewd shots at uncommon sense, that characterise all the Fables, belong not him but to humanity. In the earliest human history whatever is authentic is universal: and whatever is universal is anonymous. In such cases there is always some central man who had first the trouble of collecting them, and afterwards the fame of creatin...

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BC.

Timeless, concise, and endlessly revealing, Aesop’s Fables remain among the most influential stories ever told.This classic collection, presented in the widely respected translation by V. S. Vernon Jones, gathers dozens of brief moral tales drawn from ancient oral tradition. Through animals that speak and act with recognizably human motives—pride, greed, cunning, patience, and mercy—these fables explore the enduring patterns of human behavior with clarity and restraint.Each...

AESOP'S FABLES by V. S.VERNON JONES..

Excerpt: "A hungry Fox saw some fine bunches of Grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis, and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air. But it was all in vain, for they were just out of reach: so he gave up trying, and walked away with an air of dignity and unconcern, remarking, "I thought those Grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.""

Collection of the greatest classic moral tales ever told. Aesop’s Fables translated by V. S. Vernon Jones from its original Greek. Short stories with timeless lessons for readers young and old. Featuring a cast of animal characters perfect for a child’s imagination. Includes retellings of The Fox and the Grapes, Belling the Cat (The Mice in Council), The Hare and the Tortoise, The Lion and the Mouse, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Wolf and the Crane, and The Wolf in Sheep's Clot...

Aesop’s Fables refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620–560 BC), a slave and storyteller who lived in Ancient Greece. His fables are some of the most well known in the world and remain a popular choice for the moral education of children today. Many stories included in Aesop’s Fables, such as “The Fox and the Grapes” (from which the idiom “sour grapes” was derived), “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The North Wind and the Sun,” and “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” are well-known throug...

Aesop's Fables A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones (1912) Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

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