The English fable
Aesop and literary culture, 1651-1740
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Author
Publication
1996 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
58,500 words, Guess
Page Count
234 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1276756M
- ISBN-100521481112
- OCLC Control Number32276263
- OCLC Control Numberenglishfableaeso0000lewi
- Library of Congress Control Number95008403
and 2 more
- Goodreads1343957
- LibraryThing237154
Classifications
- DDC820.9/005
- LCCPR448.F34 L49 1996
First Sentence
On May 10, 1665, literate Londoners had the chance to participate in a curious event - a "Standing Lottery of his Own Books, Design'd and [...] Executed by the AUTHOR."
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Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ;
Other Editions
- The English fable: Aesop and literary culture, 1651-1740
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