# Aesop's Fables

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- Book: [Aesop's Fables](https://www.bookquiver.com/aesop/aesops-fables) ([Aesop's Fables.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/aesop/aesops-fables.md))
- Authors: [Aesop](https://www.bookquiver.com/aesop), [Arthur Rackham](https://www.bookquiver.com/arthur-rackham), [Walter Crane](https://www.bookquiver.com/walter-crane), [Ernest Griset](https://www.bookquiver.com/ernest-griset)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-702-4
- Published: 2007-07-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Sardonic, wry and wise, Aesop’s Fables are some of the most enduring and well-loved literary creations in history. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock him. Each jewel-like fable provides a warning about the consequences of wrong-doing, as well as offering a glimpse into the everyday lives of Ancient Greeks.