George Fyler Townsend

George Fyler Townsend

Reverend George Fyler Townsend (1814-1900) was the translator of the standard English edition of "Aesop's Fables".

Although there are more modern collections and translations, Townsend's volume of 350 fables introduced the practice of stating a succinct "moral" at the conclusion of each story, and continues to be influential. Several editions were published in his lifetime, and others since.

In 1860, Townsend also published a revised edition of "The Arabian Nights".

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**" [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21 Aesop's Fables] " translated by George Fyler Townsend at Project Gutenberg.
* [http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/cgi/aesop1.cgi?1&Preface Translator's preface] by George Fyler Townsend to "Aesop's Fables", giving his sources.


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