Aesop's Fables E-Book

Aesop

• Herausgeber: Passerino Editore
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

"Aesop's Fables" is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with Aesop's name have descended to modern times through a number of sources. They continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media. TRANSLATION BY V. S. VERNON JONES WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY G. K. CHESTERTON (1912 EDITION)

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Tables of contents

​INTRODUCTION

THE FOX AND THE GRAPES

T​HE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS

THE CAT AND THE MICE

​THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG

​THE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLER

​THE MICE IN COUNCIL

​THE BAT AND THE WEASELS

​THE DOG AND THE SOW

​THE FOX AND THE CROW

THE HORSE AND THE GROOM

​THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

​THE PEACOCK AND THE CRANE

​THE CAT AND THE BIRDS

​THE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOW

​THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR

​THE MOON AND HER MOTHER

​MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN

THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION

​THE LION AND THE MOUSE

​THE CROW AND THE PITCHER

​THE BOYS AND THE FROGS

​THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN

​THE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTS

​THE GOODS AND THE ILLS

​THE HARES AND THE FROGS

​THE FOX AND THE STORK

​THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING

​THE STAG IN THE OX-STALL

​THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL

​THE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRAT

​THE FOX AND THE MONKEY

​THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG

​THE FIR-TREE AND THE BRAMBLE

​THE FROGS' COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SUN

​THE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOX

​THE GNAT AND THE BULL

​THE BEAR AND THE TRAVELLERS

​THE SLAVE AND THE LION

​THE FLEA AND THE MAN

​THE BEE AND JUPITER

​THE OAK AND THE REEDS

​THE BLIND MAN AND THE CUB

​THE BOY AND THE SNAILS

​THE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERS

​THE ASS AND HIS BURDENS

​THE SHEPHERD'S BOY AND THE WOLF

​THE FOX AND THE GOAT

​THE FISHERMAN AND THE SPRAT

​THE BOASTING TRAVELLER

​THE CRAB AND HIS MOTHER

​THE ASS AND HIS SHADOW

​THE FARMER AND HIS SONS

​THE DOG AND THE COOK

​THE MONKEY AS KING

​THE THIEVES AND THE COCK

​THE FARMER AND FORTUNE

​JUPITER AND THE MONKEY

​FATHER AND SONS

​THE LAMP

​THE OWL AND THE BIRDS

​THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN

​THE SHE-GOATS AND THEIR BEARDS

​THE OLD LION

​THE BOY BATHING

​THE QUACK FROG

​THE SWOLLEN FOX

​THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK

​THE BOY AND THE NETTLES

​THE PEASANT AND THE APPLE-TREE

​THE JACKDAW AND THE PIGEONS

JUPITER AND THE TORTOISE

​THE DOG IN THE MANGER

THE TWO BAGS

​THE OXEN AND THE AXLETREES

​THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS

THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING

​THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE

​THE LION AND THE BOAR

​THE WALNUT-TREE

​THE MAN AND THE LION

​THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE

​THE KID ON THE HOUSETOP

THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL

​THE VAIN JACKDAW

​THE TRAVELLER AND HIS DOG

​THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA

​THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX

​MERCURY AND THE SCULPTOR

​THE FAWN AND HIS MOTHER

​THE FOX AND THE LION

THE EAGLE AND HIS CAPTOR

​THE BLACKSMITH AND HIS DOG

​THE STAG AT THE POOL

THE DOG AND THE SHADOW

​THE STAG AT THE POOL

​THE DOG AND THE SHADOW

​MERCURY AND THE TRADESMEN

​THE MICE AND THE WEASELS

​THE PEACOCK AND JUNO

​THE BEAR AND THE FOX

​THE ASS AND THE OLD PEASANT

​THE OX AND THE FROG

​THE MAN AND THE IMAGE

​HERCULES AND THE WAGGONER

​THE POMEGRANATE, THE APPLE-TREE, AND THE BRAMBLE

​THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX

​THE BLACKAMOOR

​THE TWO SOLDIERS AND THE ROBBER

​THE LION AND THE WILD ASS

​THE MAN AND THE SATYR

​THE IMAGE-SELLER

​THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW

​THE RICH MAN AND THE TANNER

​THE WOLF, THE MOTHER, AND HER CHILD

​THE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JAR

​THE LIONESS AND THE VIXEN

​THE VIPER AND THE FILE

​THE CAT AND THE COCK

​THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

​THE SOLDIER AND HIS HORSE

​THE OXEN AND THE BUTCHERS

​THE WOLF AND THE LION

​THE SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND THE STAG

​THE LION AND THE THREE BULLS

​THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER

​THE GOAT AND THE VINE

​THE TWO POTS

​THE OLD HOUND

​THE CLOWN AND THE COUNTRYMAN

​THE LARK AND THE FARMER

THE LION AND THE ASS

​THE PROPHET

​THE HOUND AND THE HARE

​THE LION, THE MOUSE, AND THE FOX

​THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER

​THE WOLF AND THE CRANE

​THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE WILD SOW

​THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP

​THE TUNNY-FISH AND THE DOLPHIN

​THE THREE TRADESMEN

THE MOUSE AND THE BULL

AESOP'S FABLES

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TRANSLATION

BY

V. S. VERNON JONES

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION

BY

G. K. CHESTERTON

(1912 EDITION)

​INTRODUCTION