Aesop's Fables (Signet Classics)

Aesop's Fables (Signet Classics)

<b>€œKindness is seldom wasted.€<br>€"from €œThe Lion and the Mouse€</b><p>It is both amazing and wonderful that so much of the richness of our language and our moral education still owes a huge debt to a Greek slave who was executed more than two thousand years ago. Yet €œsour grapes,€ €œcrying €˜wolf,€€ €œactions speak louder than words,€ €œhonesty is the best policy,€ and literally hundreds of other metaphors, axioms, and ideas that are now woven into the very fabric of Western culture all came from Aesop€s Fables. An extraordinary storyteller who used cunning foxes, surly dogs, clever mice, fearsome lions, and foolish humans to describe the reality of a harsh world, Aesop created narratives that are appealing, funny, politically astute, and profoundly true. And Aesop€s truth€"often summed up in the pithy €œmoral of the story€€"retains an awesome power to affect us, reaching us through both our intellects and our hearts.</p><p></p><p>This exclusive Signet Classic edition contains 203 of Aesop€s most enduring and popular fables, translated into readable, modern American English and beautifully illustrated with classic woodcuts by the great French artist J. J. Grandville.<br><br><b>Includes:</b><br>€œThe Fox and the Grapes€<br>€œThe Ants and the Grasshopper€<br>€œThe Country Mouse and the Town Mouse€</p><p></p><p><b>Edited and with an Afterword by Jack Zipes</b></p><p><b>With an Introduction by Sam Pickering</b></p><p></p>