Some of Æsop's Fables with Modern Instances

Some of Æsop's Fables with Modern InstancesSixteen of these Twenty Fables have been handed down to us...
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Author: Aesop, 620? BCE-564? BCE
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Language: English
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Some of Æsop's Fables with Modern Instances

Some of Æsop's Fables with Modern Instances

€6,25

Some of Æsop's Fables with Modern Instances

€6,25
Author: Aesop, 620? BCE-564? BCE
Format: eBook
Language: English

Some of Æsop's Fables with Modern Instances

Sixteen of these Twenty Fables have been handed down to us in a Greek form: for these Halm's text has been used. As to the other fourNumber IX. is from Phaedrus, and retains a flavour of artificiality; Numbers XIII. and XX. are from Latin versions; and Number X. is from a French one. The Translations aim at replacing the florid style of our older English versions, and the stilted harshness of more modern ones, by a plainness and terseness more nearly like the character of the originals. In the following cases the Translations have been adapted to the Designs. In Number I. cheese has been put for meat; in Number VIII. a pack of Hounds for a Lion; in Number XI. a Stork for a Crane; in Number XIX. a Frog for a Toad; and in Number VII. the Dog should be tied up. The reason of this is, that in the collaboration the Designer and Translator have not been on terms of equal authority; the former has stood unshakeably by English tradition, and has had his own way. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 34588
Author: Aesop, 620? BCE-564? BCE
Release Date: Dec 8, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886
Translator: Caldecott, Alfred, 1850-1936

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