Aesopβs Fables: A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones with an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton
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Aesopβs Fables refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620β560 BC), a slave and storyteller who lived in Ancient Greece. His fables are some of the most well known in the world and remain a popular choice for the moral education of children today. Many stories included in Aesopβs Fables, such as βThe Fox and the Grapesβ (from which the idiom βsour grapesβ was derived), βThe Tortoise and the Hare,β βThe North Wind and the Sun,β and βThe Boy Who Cried Wolf,β are well-known throughout the world.
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Aesop (620β560 BC) has been known in history and in legend since the sixth century BC, or earlier, as a gifted Greek storyteller and the author of the worldβs best-known collection of fables. A Phrygian slave, there is speculation that he was freed as a result of his wit. Though little is known about his life, his remarkable wisdom regarding human nature, conveyed through his fables, has brought him great renown.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874β1936) published numerous works which include compilations of his voluminous journalism, novels, biographies, histories, criticism, Christian apologetics, poetry, and plays. Many of his novels have the genuine marks of genius. His books on Dickens (for whom he had a considerable affinity) and Saint Thomas Aquinas are considered classics in their fields.
