Aesop: A Novel

Title

en_US Aesop: A Novel

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Second impression before publication

en_US A.D. Wintle

Creator

en_US Wintle, Alfred Daniel

Date

2016-01-25T19:29:13Z

en_US 1999-03

en_US 1943

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:29:13Z

Date Issued

en_US 1943

Abstract

en_US I enjoyed reading this book straight through on a train trip. It adheres well to the standard novel of Aesop's life, with the exception of the scurrilous and obscene parts. If it has a particular focus, it is the anti-oracular character of Aesop's knowing. There are helpful additions, particularly of the characters Baidan and Yuzzat, shepherds whom Aesop meets together. Baidan is a jolly character who shares Aesop's curiosity and his sense of a good story. Yuzzat is envious and ugly from the start. In fact, Yuzzat as a priest at Delphi sees to Aesop's death. Baidan arrives just too late. He seizes Yuzzat and together they go over the same cliff off of which Aesop has just been hurled. The story starts with Aesop's touching last day with his mother Larissa. This account takes some liberty with the story when it has Aesop learn to communicate in his own fashion early in his career with a few people like Larissa and Baidan. This biographical account weaves in many more of Aesop's fables than the standard novel does. I also do not remember from the normal novel mention that Croesus, taught by Aesop, uses his gold for benefactions and good works. Second impression before publication is on the back of the title-page. I wonder how many books England was printing in 1943.

Identifier

en_US 5176 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80747

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Victor Gollancz LTD

en_US London

Subject

en_US PR6045.I74 A3 1943

en_US Tangential

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole