fables
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The historian’s duty, Mr. Sebag Montefiore writes, is to the facts, “but the fables and myths are important parts of the history too.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Likewise, Schoenbrun specializes in zeitgeisty fables about 21st century isolation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"The great thing about these movies is that they are like fables," Byron Howard, one of the two directors, told AFP in Los Angeles.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
The Laguna Beach space, a 1,000-square-foot love letter to fairy tales, is a fantastical, mystical wonderland, where fables of lost love, ghostly pets and irresistible avarice are told via miniature installations and ornate, storybook art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
The correct response to this is to be found in one of Aesop’s fables, ‘The Braggart’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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