Aesop's Fables: Online collection
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An online collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, including a total of more than 655 Fables, indexed by title, with the moral of the fables listed. Most were translated into English by Reverend George Fyler Townsend (1814–1900) and Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914). The rest are from Jean De La Fontaine translated from the French. Some of the fables have RealAudio narratives and images.Find information on the definition of a fable and what makes it different from a tale or parable. See the Selected Preface in Section 1 of the fables.Also included on this site are 127 fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, two stories by L. Frank Baum (A Kidnapped Santa Claus and The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus), and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
