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TineOliver: Any selection (or the complete set) of the tales from the Arabian Nights would be a good complement to Aesop's fables. Although the tales from the nights are much longer and more detailed, they also contain moralistic stories, however these are based on Arabic traditions.… (more)
BeeQuiet: Though unsuitable for youngsters due to its basis in letter form as opposed to short fables, this is good for people wanting a different outlook on life. It can encourage tolerance to your own misfortune and an appreciation of other's.
While scholars are uncertain about the identity of Aesop or whether he was even an actual person, there is no doubt that the stories originally collected under his name over 2,000 years ago in Greece are among the world's most beloved tales. Combining a moral lesson with an entertaining story, the fables still retain their power to charm and instruct.
Table of Contents: The Ant and the Grasshopper The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing The Jackdaw and the Pigeons The Belly and the Members The Lion and the Four Bulls The Goatherd and the She-Goat The Fox and the Stork The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Cock and the Jewel The Serpent and the Man The Travelers and the Plane Tree The Eagle and the Arrow The Two Crabs The Fox and the Woodman The Lark and Her Young Ones The Wolf and the Watchdog The Dog and His Shadow The Old Man, His Son and the Ass The Fox and the Lion The Leopard and the Fox Minerva's Olive The Countryman and the Snake The Wolf and the Kid The Young Mouse, the Cock and the Cat The Vain Jackdaw Belling the Cat The Covetous Man The One-Eyed Doe The Cock and the Fox The Hare and the Tortoise Jupiter's Two Wallets The Stag Looking into the Pool The Old Woman and the Doctor The Gnat and the Bull The Boy and the Figs Socrates and His Friends The Wolf and the Ass The Crow and the Pitcher The Mule Laden with Corn and the Mule Laden with Gold The Fox and the Goat The Kid and the Wolf The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg Mercury and the Woodman The Wolf and the Crane The Boys and the Frogs The Hare and the Hound The Ape and the Dolphin The Goat and the Lion The Ploughman and Fortune The Fox and the Ass The Cats and the Mice The Peacock and the Crane The Man and the Lion The Old Hound The Two Travelers The Ass and the Little Dog The Fox and the Grapes The Fox in the Well The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Hart and the Vine The Sow and the Wolf The Frog and the Ox The Lion and the Mouse The Stag and the Fawn The Hen and the Fox The Farmer and the Eagle The Dove and the Ant The Mischievous Dog The Ass Laden with Salt and with Sponges The Goatherd and the Goats The Farmer and His Sons The Horse and the Lion The Ass, the Lion and the Cock The Lion, the Tiger and the Fox The Fortune-Teller The Oak and the Reeds The Fox and the Mask The Sick Lion Hercules and the Wagoner The Travelers and the Bear The Falconer and the Partridge The Wind and the Sun The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass The Fox and the Crow The Wanton Calf The Old Man and His Sons The Satyr and the Traveler The Maid and the Pail of Milk The Frogs Asking for a King The Farmer and The Stork The Dog in the Manger The Boasting Traveler
I liked these but you can only read a few at a time! The illustrations were worth having though the ones by Milo Winter (available online courtesy of the Library of Congress's edition of Aesop's Fables for Children) are much better.
I was surprised by how many common aphorisms were from these fables! ( )
single reversal The wolf and the lamb: "Well anyhow, I'm not going without my dinner."
double reversal The wolf, the mother, and her child: "As for the people in that house, you can't believe a word they say" The wolf and the boy: If you can say three things to me, the truth of which cannot be disputed, I will spare your life."
massive cope The lion, the mouse, and the fox: "Afraid of a mouse? Not I! It's his bad manners I can't stand."
classic joke The sick man and the doctor: "I'm dying of good signs." ( )
A book that should be read repeatedly to children. The stories are concise and bear a lot of life lessons. I read some stories in this book that were repeatedly told by my parents when I was a kid. I never knew they originated from this book. ( )
So the tales were told age before Aesop; and asses under lions' manes roared in Hebrew; and sly foes flattered in Etruscan; and wolves in sheep's clothing gnashed their teeth in Sanskrit, no doubt. - Thackeray, The Newcomes
Dedication
First words
A half-starved fox, who saw in the hollow of an oak-tree some bread and meat left there by shepherds, crept in and ate it. --Handford translation (1964)
Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him.
A WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him.
A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shining amid the straw. - 1966 Schocken edition.
A hungry fox saw some fine bunches of grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air.
Popular stories of one sort and another have existed in every place and age; and since primitive man has usually lived in close contact with wild and domestic animals, it was natural for him to invent stories describing imaginary adventures of animals and to make them act and speak with motives and emotions proper to human beings. --Handford translation (1964)
[Preface] We have had the History of AEsiop so many times over and over, and dress'd up to many several Ways, that it would be but labour lost to multiple unprofitable Conjectures upon a Tradition of so great Uncertainty.
[THE LIFE OF AESOP] AESOP (according to Planudes, Camerarius and others) was by Birth, of Ammorius, a Town in the greater Phrygia; (though some will have him to be a Thracian, others a Samian) of mean Condition, and his Person deformed, to the highest degree: Flat-nos'd, hunch-back'd, blobber-lipp'd; a long mishapen Head; his Body crooked all over, big-belly'd, badger-legg'd, and his Complexion so swarthy, that he took his very Name from't; for AEsop is with AEthiop.
Quotations
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Last words
In the same way there are some would-be orators who in the schools pass for men of ability but are a complete failure when they enter public life.
The Kite replied, "That I might attain your royal hand, there is nothing that I would not have promised, however much I knew that I must fail in the performance."
[Preface] So that in these Papers, I have done my best to obviate a common Inconvenience, or, to speak plainly, the mortal Error of pretending to erect a Building upon a false Foundation: Leaving the whold World to take the same Freedom with me, that I have done with others: Provided that they do not impute the Faults, and the Mispointings of the Press to the Author.
[THE LIFE OF AESOP] In the Conscience of their Barbarity, they erected a Pyramid to his Honour, and it is upon Tradition, that a great many of the most eminent Men and the Greeks of that Season, went afterwards to Delphos upon the News of the tragical End of AEsop, to learn the Truth of the History; and found upon Enquiry, that the principal of the Conspirators had laid violent hands upon themselves.
Please note that this entry should be reserved for complete and unabridged collections of Aesop's fables only. (Please see Book Description for details!). Don't combine with retellings or volumes containing selected fables only!
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Table of Contents:
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
The Jackdaw and the Pigeons
The Belly and the Members
The Lion and the Four Bulls
The Goatherd and the She-Goat
The Fox and the Stork
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
The Cock and the Jewel
The Serpent and the Man
The Travelers and the Plane Tree
The Eagle and the Arrow
The Two Crabs
The Fox and the Woodman
The Lark and Her Young Ones
The Wolf and the Watchdog
The Dog and His Shadow
The Old Man, His Son and the Ass
The Fox and the Lion
The Leopard and the Fox
Minerva's Olive
The Countryman and the Snake
The Wolf and the Kid
The Young Mouse, the Cock and the Cat
The Vain Jackdaw
Belling the Cat
The Covetous Man
The One-Eyed Doe
The Cock and the Fox
The Hare and the Tortoise
Jupiter's Two Wallets
The Stag Looking into the Pool
The Old Woman and the Doctor
The Gnat and the Bull
The Boy and the Figs
Socrates and His Friends
The Wolf and the Ass
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Mule Laden with Corn and the Mule Laden with Gold
The Fox and the Goat
The Kid and the Wolf
The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg
Mercury and the Woodman
The Wolf and the Crane
The Boys and the Frogs
The Hare and the Hound
The Ape and the Dolphin
The Goat and the Lion
The Ploughman and Fortune
The Fox and the Ass
The Cats and the Mice
The Peacock and the Crane
The Man and the Lion
The Old Hound
The Two Travelers
The Ass and the Little Dog
The Fox and the Grapes
The Fox in the Well
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Hart and the Vine
The Sow and the Wolf
The Frog and the Ox
The Lion and the Mouse
The Stag and the Fawn
The Hen and the Fox
The Farmer and the Eagle
The Dove and the Ant
The Mischievous Dog
The Ass Laden with Salt and with Sponges
The Goatherd and the Goats
The Farmer and His Sons
The Horse and the Lion
The Ass, the Lion and the Cock
The Lion, the Tiger and the Fox
The Fortune-Teller
The Oak and the Reeds
The Fox and the Mask
The Sick Lion
Hercules and the Wagoner
The Travelers and the Bear
The Falconer and the Partridge
The Wind and the Sun
The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass
The Fox and the Crow
The Wanton Calf
The Old Man and His Sons
The Satyr and the Traveler
The Maid and the Pail of Milk
The Frogs Asking for a King
The Farmer and The Stork
The Dog in the Manger
The Boasting Traveler