Fables
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Aesop’s Fables (620-560 BC)
Aesop (Αἴσωπος—Aisōpos 620-560 BC)
Aesop’s Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620–560 BC), a slave and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece.
Aesopica: Aesop’s Fables in English, Latin, and Greek
Aesopica: Over 600 English fables, plus Caxton's Aesop, Latin and Greek texts, Content Index, and Site Search.
http://mythfolklore.net/aesopica/index.htm
Free audiobook of Aesop's Fables from LibriVox
The project of recording Aesop’s Fables was divided into twelve volumes to make cataloging more manageable. Please use the menu below to access the volumes of fables.
Aesop's Fables
Aesop’s Fables Online Collection
656+ fables
Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables 1.1
Aesopic fables and other stories - an online collection for children, some (links to Aesop's Fables). See also Preface to Aesop's Fables
1947 Hare and Tortoise film at Internet Archive (public domain).
Aesop: a comparison with Panchatantra
Aesop's Fables, Librivox Audio CDs
Images of Aesopus moralitus - Vita, Fabulae
Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695)
Jean de La Fontaine (July 8, 1621 – April 13, 1695)
Jean de
La Fontaine Index
Jean de La Fontaine - Fables II
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781)
Fabeln von Lessing im Literaturnetz Fabeln
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (* 22. Januar 1729 in Kamenz (Sachsen); † 15. Februar 1781 in Braunschweig) war der wichtigste deutsche Dichter der deutschen Aufklärung. Mit seinen Dramen und seinen theoretischen Schriften hat er der weiteren Entwicklung des Theaters einen wesentlichen Weg gewiesen und die öffentliche Wirkung von Literatur nachhaltig beeinflusst. Lessing ist der früheste deutsche Schriftsteller, dessen dramatisches Werk bis auf den heutigen Tag ununterbrochen in den Theatern aufgeführt wurde.
Fabeln und Erzählungen. [Ausgabe 1771]
Fabeln. Drei Bücher. [Ausgabe 1759]
Fabeln. [Nachlese]
Fabeln / Abhandlungen über die Fabel (14 Juli 2009) von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Neu kaufen: EUR 8,00
Literatur von und über Gotthold Ephraim Lessing im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
Werke von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing bei Zeno.org
Werke von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing als Online-Texte beim Project Gutenberg
Werke von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing im Projekt Gutenberg-DE
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL).
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Ernst und Falk (1776/78)
Deutscher Bildungsserver: Pädagogische Materialien zu Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
ub.fu-berlin.de Kommentierte Linksammlung der Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin
"Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" Lebensdaten und Werke der Uni-Karlsruhe
Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в (1769-1844)
Басни
Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в (2 (13) февраля 1769, Москва — 21 ноября 1844, Санкт-Петербург) — русский поэт, баснописец, переводчик, писатель.
Ерофеева Н. Е. «Урок дочкам» И. А. Крылова: жанр комедии «урока»
Иван Андреевич Крылов. Басни, стихи, библиография, жизнь, воспоминания современников, рисунки
Иван Крылов в Антологии русской поэзии
Крылов, Иван Андреевич в библиотеке Максима Мошкова
Иван Крылов. Все стихотворения
中國寓言故事
中國寓言故事umd - 在線閱讀,免費下載,txt電子書,pdf電子書,chm電子書 ...
Classic fabulists
Aesop (mid-6th century BCE), author of Aesop's Fables.
Vishnu Sarma (ca. 200 BCE), author of the anthropomorphic political treatise and fable collection, the Panchatantra.
Bidpai (ca. 200 BCE), author of Sanskrit (Hindu) and Pali (Buddhist) animal fables in verse and prose.
Syntipas (ca. 100 BCE), Indian philosopher, reputed author of a collection of tales known in Europe as The Story of the Seven Wise Masters.
Gaius Julius Hyginus (Hyginus, Latin author, native of Spain or Alexandria, ca. 64 BCE -
Phaedrus (15 BCE – 50 CE), Roman fabulist, by birth a Macedonian.
Walter of England c.1175
Marie de France (12th century).
Berechiah ha-Nakdan (Berechiah the Punctuator, or Grammarian, 13th century), author of Jewish fables adapted from Aesop's Fables.
Robert Henryson (Scottish, 15th century), author of The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian.
Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452 – 1519).
Biernat of Lublin (Polish, 1465? – after 1529).
Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621 – 95).
Bernard de Mandeville (English, 1670–1733), author of The Fable of the Bees.
John Gay (English, 1685 – 1732).
Ignacy Krasicki (Polish, 1735 – 1801).
Dositej Obradović (Serbian, 1742? – 1811).
Félix María de Samaniego (Spanish, 1745 – 1801), best known for "The Ant and the Cicade."
Tomás de Iriarte (Spanish, 1750 – 91).
Ivan Krylov (Russian, 1769 – 1844).
Modern fabulists
Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910).
Nico Maniquis (1834 – 1912).
Ambrose Bierce (1842 – ?1914).
Sholem Aleichem (1859 – 1916).
George Ade (1866 – 1944), Fables in Slang, etc.
Władysław Reymont (1868–1925)
Don Marquis (1878 – 1937), author of the fables of archy and mehitabel.
Franz Kafka (1883 – 1924).
Damon Runyon (1884 – 1946).
James Thurber (1894 – 1961), Fables For Our Time.
George Orwell (1903 – 50).
Dr. Seuss (1904 – 91)
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904 – 91).
José Saramago (born 1922).
Italo Calvino (1923 – 85), "If on a winter's night a traveler," etc.
Arnold Lobel (1933 – 87), author of Fables, winner 1981 Caldecott Medal.
Ramsay Wood (born 1943), author of Kalila and Dimna: Fables of Friendship and Betrayal.
Bill Willingham (born 1956), author of Fables graphic novels.
Notable fables
Panchatantra by Vishnu Sarma (also known as Kalila and Dimna, Kalilag and Damnag, The Lights of Canopus, Fables of Bidpai, and The Morall Philosophie of Doni)
Baital Pachisi (also known as Vikram and The Vampire)
Seven Wise Masters by Syntipas
One Thousand and One Nights (also known as Arabian Nights, ca. 800–900)
The Fable of the Bees (1714) by Bernard de Mandeville
Fables and Parables (1779) by Ignacy Krasicki
The Fox and the Cock by James Thurber
Bunt (The Revolt, 1922) by Władysław Reymont (anticipates Orwell's Animal Farm).
Animal Farm (1945) by George Orwell.
Life & Death to the Happies, and Other American Amphigories (2007) by Philip Malachowski
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas (2006) by John Boyne
Fable Links
Animal Symbolism List of frequently described animals and their characteristics
Fables - Collection and guide to fables for children
Beast Fable Society An academic society focused on fables and related genres
Imaginexus A collection of interconnected stories that anyone can edit
