Three hundred Aesop’s fables by Aesop

"Three Hundred Aesop's Fables" by Aesop is a collection of fables originating between 620 and 564 BCE. These timeless tales feature talking animals, plants, and humans navigating moral dilemmas and life lessons. Originally part of oral tradition, the stories were collected centuries after Aesop's death and grew to include works from diverse sources across cultures. Each brief narrative offers wisdom through simple scenarios, often concluding with explicit morals that have shaped ethical thinking for millennia. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Aesop, 621? BCE-565? BCE
Translator Townsend, George Fyler, 1814-1900
Title Three hundred Aesop’s fables
Translated by George Fyler Townsend
Note See also the early PG version #28, and comprehensive versions PG#11339 tr. by V. S. Vernon Jones, and illustrated PG#18732.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables
Credits David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 74.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Fables, Greek -- Translations into English
Subject Aesop's fables -- Translations into English
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EBook-No. 21
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Most Recently Updated Oct 15, 2025
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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