Aesop's Fables

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First English edition

en_US Retold by Patricia Crampton

Creator

en_US Crampton, Patricia

Contributor

en_US Bernadette

Date

2016-01-25T19:27:51Z

en_US 2002-08

en_US 1980

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:27:51Z

Date Issued

en_US 1980

Abstract

en_US I first found this book in its Japanese version, the edition published by Nishimura Shoten in 1990. Here, as there, twenty fables are presented in two styles, sometimes both used effectively on one fable: pastel full-color pages and black-and-white pen-and-ink drawings. The Lark and the Farmer is one such case of effective juxtaposition. The version of this fable here is unusually short and tight. It climaxes well: A man with a scythe in his own hands means business. The hare in a beautiful scene of harvesting has escaped the pursuing dog; the dog in a bedroom has a bell around his neck because he has been bad and therefore does better staying at home; the two beavers are enjoying life after the storm that has spared the reed but blown over the tree; and the girl and the stork really do not have much to do with the argument between the rose and the amaranth. The black-and-whites, including the new set included on the back cover, are often more effective than the colored illustrations. They often include a close-up at their center. Would both the cock and the jewel end up on top of a large heap of hay? I am surprised I have not run into the German original, but delighted to run into such nice work now in two other languages. The original German edition is Zwanzig Fabeln des Aesop, (c)1980 Nord-Sud Verlag, Mönchaltorf.

Identifier

en_US 460060589

en_US 4849 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80470

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US J.M. Dent & Sons Limited

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.C736 Ae 1980

en_US Aesop

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole