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Aesop's Fables

A New Translation

Aesop Robin Waterfield Robin Waterfield

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English
Basic Books
26 November 2024
From a renowned scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aesop's Fables
Aesop's fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like ""The Tortoise and the Hare,"" ""The Dog in the Manger,"" and ""Sour Grapes"" have captivated us for generations. The fables delight us and teach timeless truths. Aesop's tales offer us a world fundamentally simpler to ours-one with clear good and plain evil-but nonetheless one that is marked by political nuance and literary complexity.

Newly translated and annotated by renowned scholar Robin Waterfield, this definitive translation shines a new light on four hundred of Aesop's most enduring fables.
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Imprint:   Basic Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 238mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 32mm
Weight:   540g
ISBN:   9781541604841
ISBN 10:   1541604849
Pages:   336
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Robin Waterfield is a British classical scholar, translator, and editor, specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and history. Among others, his translations include Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Plato's Republic, and Herodotus's The Histories. He lives in Greece.

Reviews for Aesop's Fables: A New Translation

""Robin Waterfield's faithful, clear, and endlessly readable new translation of Aesop's Fables is a buffet of the wild, weird, hilarious, and profound. What a joy to encounter these fables as an adult, aware of their place in our ancient and collective history and in awe of their incredible resonances thousands of years later.""--Maria Adelmann, author of How to Be Eaten


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