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Aesop's Fables
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Today we [blank] Aesop's fables with childhood, and the Victorians are largely [blank] for that. There were at least seven separate [blank] or retellings in the 19th century, all targeted at children. Rewritten as parables, they were seen as an effective way of communicating Victorian morality. Yet, in antiquity, Aesop wasn't read by children [blank] the talking animals and the sometimes childlike atmosphere of the tales, the setting was perceived at the time as being political.
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Today we associate Aesop's fables with childhood, and the Victorians are largely responsible for that. There were at least seven separate translations or retellings in the 19th century, all targeted at children. Rewritten as parables, they were seen as an effective way of communicating Victorian morality. Yet, in antiquity, Aesop wasn't read by children despite the talking animals and the sometimes childlike atmosphere of the tales, the setting was perceived at the time as being political.
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