Fables by Aesop #joyce 'Cracking read

'Cracking read

And why has the river given it up now

Evelyn Waugh (1903-66) was born in Hampstead

Surviving somewhere between slave and citizen

Fables by Aesop #joyce 'Cracking readAesop is believed to have lived in the sixth century B. C., a slave on the Greek island of Samos. His ability to teach lessons in morality through story has made his name synonymous with the genre of 'fable'. In the witty and entertaining tales attributed to him sly foxes, wicked wolves, industrious ants, and others, provide a commentary on human behaviour while the storyteller recommends the virtues of common sense and worldly wisdom. The Fables had