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Though scholars debate details of his text, its list of stories can be considered definitive. [3] It is the basis of English translations by Edgerton himself (1924) and Patrick Olivelle (1997 & 2006). The content of 2 other important versions, the "Southern" Panchatantra and the Tantrākhyāyika are very similar to that of Edgerton's ...
Aesop (left) as depicted by Francis Barlow in the 1687 edition of Aesop's Fables with His Life. Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of varied and unclear origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern ...
The Astrologer who Fell into a Well. The Bald Man and the Fly. The Bear and the Travelers. The Beaver. The Belly and the Other Members. The Bird-catcher and the Blackbird. The Bird in Borrowed Feathers. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The Bulls and the Lion.
The English writer W. Somerset Maugham reverses the moral order in a different way in his short story, "The Ant and The Grasshopper" (1924). It concerns two brothers, one of whom is a dissolute waster whose hard-working brother has constantly to bail out of difficulties.
It was published on November 1, 1993, by Simon & Schuster and was followed by The Moral Compass: Stories for a Life's Journey, in late 1995. The book is intended for the moral education of the young and is divided into different virtues: self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, courage, perseverance, honesty, loyalty, and ...
7813056. Preceded by. The Dark Room. Followed by. The English Teacher. Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications. [1] The book was republished outside India in 1982 by Penguin Classics. [2] The book includes 32 stories, all set in the fictional town of Malgudi, [3] located in ...
Glimpses of Bengal. Includes 13 stories: The Fruit-Seller, The School Closes, A Resolve Accomplished, The Dumb Girl, The Wandering Guest, The Look Auspicious, A Study in Anatomy, The Landing Stairway, The Sentence, The Expiation, The Golden Mirage, The Trespass, The Hungry Stone. The Hungry Stones and other stories.
Tale of the Man Who Was Lavish of His House and His Provision to One Whom He Knew Not. Tale of the Melancholist and the Sharper. Tale of Khalbas and his Wife and the Learned Man. Tale of the Devotee Accused of Lewdness. Tale of the Hireling and the Girl. Tale of the Weaver Who Became a Leach by Order of His Wife.