Fables: Aesop; Translated by Roger L'Estrange; Illustrated by Stephen GoodenAesop is said to have lived in the sixth century B.C., a slave on the Greek island of Samos. The eternally entertaining tales attributed to him–in which the fates of sly foxes, wicked wolves, industrious ants, and others, suggest what our own behaviors should (or should not) be–have been universal "best-sellers" since before L'Estrange's definitive 1692 English translation. Gooden's superb engravings were first published in 1936 in a limited edition. |
Contents
Section 1 | 5 |
Section 2 | 14 |
Section 3 | 17 |
Section 4 | 20 |
Section 5 | 51 |
Section 6 | 63 |
Section 7 | 76 |
Section 8 | 92 |
Section 15 | 181 |
Section 16 | 185 |
Section 17 | 211 |
Section 18 | 219 |
Section 19 | 234 |
Section 20 | 240 |
Section 21 | 252 |
Section 22 | 255 |
Section 9 | 93 |
Section 10 | 150 |
Section 11 | 151 |
Section 12 | 168 |
Section 13 | 171 |
Section 14 | 175 |
Section 23 | 279 |
Section 24 | 306 |
Section 25 | 308 |
Section 26 | 310 |
Section 27 | 311 |
Other editions - View all
Fables: Aesop; Translated by Roger L'Estrange; Illustrated by Stephen Gooden Aesop Limited preview - 1992 |
Fables: Aesop; Translated by Roger L'Estrange; Illustrated by Stephen Gooden Aesop No preview available - 1992 |
Common terms and phrases
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