Hello Dear Reader or Fabulist!
My name is Charles and I like to write fables. It is something I do for fun. I also write fantasy books, poetry books, and someday perhaps a book of fables. UPDATE: See my book of poetry and fables: Ancient Stories Dreamt Of.
As part of my practice of writing fables, I also like researching fables and placing them here - a library of fables.
I find it is useful to learn about the history of writing fables, what other famous fabulists wrote about, and the rather unique spin that fabulists put into their work, often turning political commentary into allegories.
One such fabulist that you have probably already read previously (or heard some of his stories) is Jean de La Fontaine. More than likely you have already read or heard his work before without knowing who the author was. Some of Fontaine's work is derived from earlier fabulists, and other fabulists have also derived their work from Fontaine's. Fabulists it seems like to pastiche one another's work quite often.
Myself, I like to avoid accidentally copying the work of others, so to me, studying the work of other fabulists is way of preventing myself from accidentally copying their work, but at the same time learning how other fabulists created their stories in their own unusual way.
What am I hoping you the reader will do?
Bookmark this blog! Come to this Library of Classic Fables from time to time and read the new fables as they appear.
My goal is to eventually have a giant library of fables for people to read. Hundreds of them.
Want to help?
If you know a fable that we are missing, leave a comment and I shall look into adding it.
