Three Hundred Aesop’s FablesAesop
Three Hundred Aesop’s Fables
In Aesop’s fables, animals bargain, boast, and outwit each other. This English collection brings together brief moral tales that can be read in a few minutes each.
From the English edition
The Tale, the Parable, and the Fable are all common and popular modes of conveying instruction. Each is distinguished by its own special characteristics. The Tale consists simply in the narration of a story either founded on facts, or created solely by the imagination, and not necessarily associated with the teaching of any moral lesson. The Parable is the designed use of language purposely intended to convey a hidden and secret meaning other than that contained in…
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Project Gutenberg eBook 21 · English
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