fable
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A fable of self-erasure plays out, elegantly translated by Sasha Dugdale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Still, the apocalyptic folk tales offer an irresistible fable for the times.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The 2026 Oscar-nominated animated shorts mix the past and the present, fable and nonfiction.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
“We felt that telling a classic, moral fable in the 21st century was absurd,” says co-auteur Chris Lavis.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
“I am sure of that. Amy and you never did quarrel as we used to. She is the sun and I the wind, in the fable, and the sun managed the man best, you remember.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary lists containing fable
Ancient Greece - Introductory
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Literary Genres - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Literary Genres - Introductory
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