A slave who represented his masters in court & negotiations Aesop relied on allegorical animal stories collected here in The Complete Fables to convey his key points This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Greek by Olivia & Robert Temple with an introduction by Robert Temple In a series of pithy amusing vignettes Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare & a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock him Each jewel-like fable provides a warning about the consequences of wrongdoing as well as offering a glimpse into the everyday lives of Ancient Greeks All Aesop's fables full of humour insight & savage wit as well as many fascinating glimpses of ordinary life have now been brought together for the first time in this definitive & fully annotated modern edition Little is known for certain about the life of Aesop (c 620-564 BC) though details of his life are scattered throughout the works of ancient Greek writers including Aristophanes Xenophon Aristotle & Herodotus who give grounds for thinking that he was a slave & Plutarch who identifies him as an entertaining storyteller executed by the Delphians by being thrown off a cliff If you enjoyed The Complete Fables you might like Ovid's Metamorphoses also available in Penguin Classics' Ground-breaking this version of the fables is a revelation the translation is excellent' Peter Jones Sunday Telegraph' Aesop remains a fundamental figure in Western literature' Frederic Raphael Sunday Times ...

' Oh grandmama what great big teeth you have!' Charles Perrault's versions gave classic status to the humble fairy tale & it is in his telling that the stories of Little Red Riding-Hood Sleeping Beauty Cinderella & the rest have been passed down from the seventeenth century to the present day Perrault's tales were enjoyed in the salons of Louis XIV as much as they were loved in the nursery & it is their wit humour & lively detail that capture the imagination of adult & child alike They transmute into vivid fantasies the hidden fears & conflicts by which children are affected fears of abandonment or worse conflicts with siblings & parents & the trials of growing up In addition to the familiar stories this edition also

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- the troubling account of patient Griselda the comic Three Silly Wishes & the notorious Donkey-Skin This new translation by Christopher Betts captures the tone & flavour of Perrault's world & the delightful spirit of the originals ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more


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Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense the son of a shoemaker His early life was wretched but he was adopted by a patron & became a short-story writer novelist & playwright though he remains best-known for his magical fairy tales which were published between 1835 & 1872 For 150 years his stories have been delighting both adults & children Packed with a light-hearted whimsy combined with a mature wisdom they are as entrancing as ever Here are all of Andersen's 154 tales & among the favourites are The Red Shoes The Mermaid The Real Princess The Emperor's New Clothes The Tinder Box & of course The Ugly Duckling ...

George Mac Donald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries This volume brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay The Fantastic Imagination The subjects are those of traditional fantasy good & wicked fairies children embarking on elaborate quests & journeys into unsettling dreamworlds Within this familiar imaginative landscape his children's stories were profoundly experimental questioning the association of childhood with purity & innocence & the need to separate fairy tale wonder from adult scepticism & disbelief ...

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense the son of a shoemaker His early life was wretched but he was adopted by a patron & became a short-story writer novelist & playwright though he remains best-known for his magical fairy tales which were published between 1835 & 1872 For 150 years his stories have been delighting both adults & children Packed with a light-hearted whimsy combined with a mature wisdom they are as entrancing as ever Here are all of Andersen's 154 tales & among the favourites are The Red Shoes The Mermaid The Real Princess The Emperor's New Clothes The Tinder Box & of course The Ugly Duckling ...

A masterpiece of comic brilliance The Complete Far Sidecontains every Far Sidecartoon every syndicated-over 4000 if you must know-presented in (more or less) chronological order by year of publication with more than 1100 that have never before appeared in a book Also included are additional Far Sidecartoons Larson created after his retirement 13 that appeared in the last Far Sidebook Last Chapter & Worse & six cartoons that periodically ran as a special feature in the New York Times Science Times section as The Far Side of Science Creator Gary Larson offers a rare glimpse into the mind of The Far Sidein quirky & thoughtful introductions to each of the 14 chapters Complaint letters fan letters & queries from puzzled readers appear alongside some of the more provocative or elusive panels Actor author & comedian Steve Martin offers his pithy thoughts in a foreword & Gary Larson's former editor describes what it was like to be "the guy who could explain every Far Sidecartoon" The Complete Far Side (c) 2003 by Far Works Inc All Rights Reserved The Far Side (R) & the Larson (R) signature are registered trademarks of Far Works Inc ...

A masterpiece of comic brilliance The Complete Far Sidecontains every Far Sidecartoon every syndicated-over 4000 if you must know-presented in (more or less) chronological order by year of publication with more than 1100 that have never before appeared in a book Also included are additional Far Sidecartoons Larson created after his retirement 13 that appeared in the last Far Sidebook Last Chapter & Worse & six cartoons that periodically ran as a special feature in the New York Times Science Times section as The Far Side of Science Creator Gary Larson offers a rare glimpse into the mind of The Far Sidein quirky & thoughtful introductions to each of the 14 chapters Complaint letters fan letters & queries from puzzled readers appear alongside some of the more provocative or elusive panels Actor author & comedian Steve Martin offers his pithy thoughts in a foreword & Gary Larson&s former editor describes what it was like to be "the guy who could explain every Far Sidecartoon" The Complete Far Side (c) 2003 by Far Works Inc All Rights Reserved The Far Side (R) & the Larson (R) signature are registered trademarks of Far Works Inc ...

The complete adventures of the well-loved clerical sleuth collected in one brilliant volume Shabby & lumbering with a face like a Norfolk dumpling Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth But his innocence is the secret of his success refusing the scientific method of detection he adopts instead an approach of simple sympathy interpreting each crime as a work of art & each criminal as a man no worse than himself This complete edition brings together all of the Father Brown stories including two not previously available in Penguin ' The Donnington Affair' in which Chesterton rises to the challenge of solving a murder-mystery half written by someone else (Max Pemberton) & ' The Mask of Midas' which was found in Chesterton's papers after his death It also

Includes:: an introduction & notes by Michael D Hurley GK Chesteron was born in 1874 He attended the Slade School of Art where he appears to have suffered a nervous breakdown before turning his hand to journalism A prolific writer throughout his life his best-known books include The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922) The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) & the Father Brown stories Chesterton converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922 & died in 1938 Michael D Hurley is a Lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge & a Fellow of St Catharine's College He has written widely on English literature from the nineteenth century to the present day with an emphasis on poetry & poetics His book on G K Chesterton was published in 2011

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With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies Father Brown one of the most quirkily genial & lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911 That first collection of stories established GK Chesterton's kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories showing a quiet wit & compassion that has endeared him to many whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination & a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner ...

Another fantastic edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series is The Complete Fiction of HP Lovecraft comprised of the author&s fictional stories featuring the world&s most bizzarre creatures & supernatural thrills Written by HP Lovecraft between the years 1917 & 1935 the stories in this collection feature many horrific & cautionary science fiction themes that influence today&s artists like Stephen King Alan Moore Paul Wilson Guillermo Del Toro & Neil Gaiman For Lovecraft fans worldwide this stunning gift edition has a full cloth binding foil blocking on the spine ribbon marker & is packaged neatly in an elegant slipcase The Complete Fiction of HP Lovecraft contains st&-out pieces like " The Call of Cthulhu" (1928) The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (1943) The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (1941) At the Mountains of Madness (1936) The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1936) " The Dreams in the Witch House" (1933) The Shadow Out of Time (1936) & " The Haunter of the Dark" (1936) ...