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The Complete Fables (Penguin Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Aesop
Creators: Robert Temple, Olivia Temple
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 260079
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0140446494
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2452
EAN: 9780140446494
ASIN: 0140446494
Publication Date: March 1, 1998
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Product Description
Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC, who represented his masters in court and negotiations, and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. All these fables, full of humour, insight and savage wit, as well as many fascinating glimpses of ordinary life, have now been brought together for the first time in this definitive and fully annotated modern edition.
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 Lost In Translation June 2, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I picked up this book hoping to find really a good academic telling of the fables. Instead, I find a poorly written book full of grammatical errors. Plus, I think there is definitely something lost in the translation of the original fables as most of the "morals" make no sense in relation to the story. The introduction to the book, which really could have used a good editor, is very wishy washy about saying anything definitive as to the origins of these fables. The notes attached after some of the fables shed very little if any light on the meaning of the fable or the symbolism used. I get the feeling that the the Temple's got bored with their subject matter and just threw something together to be done with it.
There has to be a better translation of the source material out there.
 Disappointing March 17, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The translators justify calling this edition "Complete" because no one can say for sure what a "complete Aesop" would be. That's a lame excuse for an assertive title. Especially vexing is the lack of an index or table of contents; if you are looking for a particular fable, you must hunt through the whole book. It is good that they based their translations on the Chambrey edition, though the Perry edition (1952) is much more comprehensive. I am stunned by the comment made by "Fluid Artist" that the Perry edition (AESOPICA, 1952) is full of falsities; it'd be good to know what those falsities are. Fluid Artist claims to have read Perry's book, which would be marvelous, since it is almost 800 pages long and almost entirely in Greek and Latin. Laura Gibbs's AESOP'S FABLES (Oxford) is better in every respect.
 Needed it and got it February 25, 2006
0 out of 11 found this review helpful
It came with such speed I didn't have time to worry that classes would begin.
Still some of the best instructions for life! February 22, 2006
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Great stuff! For more good (and often very un-PC) tales for your children, find an unexpurgated version. A lot of Aesop's Fables should be required reading for young school children as they really teach you how to keep people from taking advantage of you (Christianity and Christian stories don't do a very good job of this sadly) and how to work hard and succeed.
 Aesop for academics January 15, 2002
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is not an everyman's book of folklore, but good if you have an academic interest in he roots of some of the most famous stories in the world. This ain't what your first grade teacher told you folks, but it's interesting to say the least. One can compare this with the uncensored versions of Grimm's Fairy Tales in that these originals are quite brutal and "politically incorrect" in comparison to the children's versions that most of us are familiar with today...if you are a purist and /or a student of folklore, then this is for you.
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