Aesop's Fables, with eBook

Name: Aesop's Fables, with eBook
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Aesop
ISBN: 9781400178919

Author: Aesop

Narrator: Jonathan Kent

Unabridged: 2 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/22/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fairy Tales

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Aesop, an ancient Greek poet who was sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC, relied on animal stories to convey his key points to his masters in court. Aesop's Fables are classic, memorable morality plays in which amusing animal characters drive home thought-provoking morals to generations of listeners and modern-day audiences. They illustrate what was fundamental to Greek culture, yet their appeal lies in logic we still understand. Translated into countless languages and familiar to people around the world, Aesop's fables never tarnish despite being told again and again.

About Aesop

Aesop (620-560 BC) was a slave in ancient Greece who is known only for the genre of fables that are ascribed to him. The various collections that go under the rubric "Aesop's Fables" are still taught as moral lessons and used as subjects for various entertainments, especially children's plays and cartoons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on July 08, 2017

How often in life these little fables come up and we forget their original (or semi-original) source. Thousands of years old... parables told over and over again, then written down. What do they really mean, you can ask yourself these questions over and over again and have a different answer each ti......more

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on April 22, 2017

Aesop wrote many intelligent fables in here, and some are real life lessons. One of the most famous, and also the one I take the most from, is The Hare and the Tortoise. We all know the story and the maxim: slow and steady wins the race. Being arrogant and fast isn’t all that. I remember reading thi......more

Goodreads review by Manny on December 24, 2010

I was looking for a Christmas present for my nephew the other day when I noticed an edition of Aesop's Fables in Blackwells. I had a copy myself when I was a kid, and it was one of my favourite books. I can't guess how many times I read it. Thinking about it now, it surprises me to realise how fresh......more

Goodreads review by Tharindu on February 08, 2020

Timeless collection of fables by Aesop.......more

Goodreads review by Riku on February 23, 2014

AESOP'S ECHOES It is amazing how so many popular references and common senses are found here. Aesop finds his echoes throughout the high flying philosophers and through the earthy grandmothers, not only engrafted into the literature of the civilized world, but familiar as household words in daily......more