The best fables of the world
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The best fables of the world
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“…The world that we find in a fable is, in a way, a pure mirror in which the human world is reflected,” this is how Vasily Zhukovsky characterized the fable at the beginning of the 19th century.
A fable brings extraordinary pleasure to readers of any age. It is not surprising, because it goes back to the wonderful tales of primitive times, extremely popular in the cultures of the most diverse peoples. The greatest fabulist of antiquity was the Greek Aesop (c. 600 BC). From the Greeks, fables passed to the peoples of Europe and Asia, were translated and reworked in all languages, until in Russia this genre was brought to brilliant perfection by Ivan Krylov (1769-1844).
The moral, which receives an attractive character through the fable, is the main property of this “pure mirror”, which helps a person to take a closer look at his imperfections.
A fable brings extraordinary pleasure to readers of any age. It is not surprising, because it goes back to the wonderful tales of primitive times, extremely popular in the cultures of the most diverse peoples. The greatest fabulist of antiquity was the Greek Aesop (c. 600 BC). From the Greeks, fables passed to the peoples of Europe and Asia, were translated and reworked in all languages, until in Russia this genre was brought to brilliant perfection by Ivan Krylov (1769-1844).
The moral, which receives an attractive character through the fable, is the main property of this “pure mirror”, which helps a person to take a closer look at his imperfections.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books in the series World classics in illustrations