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Books : The Complete Fables (Penguin Classics)In association with Amazon.comby: Aesop  List Price: $12.00 Amazon.com's Price: $9.60 You Save: $2.40 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 398.2452 EAN: 9780140446494 ISBN: 0140446494 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: March 01, 1998 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Sales Rank: 314251 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC, who represented his masters in court and negotiations, and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. All these fables, full of humour, insight and savage wit, as well as many fascinating glimpses of ordinary life, have now been brought together for the first time in this definitive and fully annotated modern edition. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Lost In TranslationI picked up this book hoping to find really a good academic telling of the fables. Instead, I find a poorly written book full of grammatical errors. Plus, I think there is definitely something lost in the translation of the original fables as most of the "morals" make no sense in relation to the story. The introduction to the book, which really could have used a good editor, is very wishy washy about saying anything definitive as to the origins of these fables. The notes attached after some of ... Read More Rating:  - DisappointingThe translators justify calling this edition "Complete" because no one can say for sure what a "complete Aesop" would be. That's a lame excuse for an assertive title. Especially vexing is the lack of an index or table of contents; if you are looking for a particular fable, you must hunt through the whole book. It is good that they based their translations on the Chambrey edition, though the Perry edition (1952) is much more comprehensive. I am stunned by the comment made by "Fluid Artist" that ... Read More Rating:  - Needed it and got itIt came with such speed I didn't have time to worry that classes would begin. Rating: - Still some of the best instructions for life!Great stuff! For more good (and often very un-PC) tales for your children, find an unexpurgated version. A lot of Aesop's Fables should be required reading for young school children as they really teach you how to keep people from taking advantage of you (Christianity and Christian stories don't do a very good job of this sadly) and how to work hard and succeed. Rating:  - Aesop for academicsThis is not an everyman's book of folklore, but good if you have an academic interest in he roots of some of the most famous stories in the world. This ain't what your first grade teacher told you folks, but it's interesting to say the least. One can compare this with the uncensored versions of Grimm's Fairy Tales in that these originals are quite brutal and "politically incorrect" in comparison to the children's versions that most of us are familiar with today...if you are a purist and /or a student ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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