Aesop's Fables
by George Fyler Townsend
1867
ISBN/ASIN: 1427006644
ISBN-13: 9781427006646
Number of pages: 129
Description:
This book is regarded as the first book of juvenile literature. In these short tales the writer breathes life into the characters by endowing human qualities to animals. Written in a light-hearted tone, the writer ends each story on deep and profound moral. It is the most memorable collection of fables in world literature.
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