Seth's sense of humour is exemplified by his retelling of the well-known fable of The Hare and The Tortoise (p.43).
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Beastly Tales is a 1991 collection of ten fables in poetry written by Vikram Seth (UK ISBN 978-0-7538-1034-7, also US ISBN 978-0-7538-0774-3).
The Tales of Hoffmann | Tales of the Unexpected | Unfinished Tales | The Canterbury Tales | Tales from the Crypt (TV series) | Tales from the Crypt | Weird Tales | Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) | Tales from the Cryptkeeper | Tales of the Riverbank | Strange Tales | Tales of the City | Tales of Suspense | Leatherstocking Tales | Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | The Happy Prince and Other Tales | Tales of Monkey Island | Tales from the Darkside | Tales from Earthsea | Ox-Tales | Modern Tales | Tube Tales | Tales of Tomorrow | Tales of the Unexpected (comics) | Tales of the Texas Rangers | Tales of the Tempest | Tales of the Shadowmen | Tales from the Vienna Woods | Tales from Earthsea (film) | Jungle Tales of Tarzan |
Among her most widely performed works are Westminster Mass, commissioned for Westminster Cathedral Choir on the occasion of Cardinal Hume's 75th birthday, The Music Programme, an opera for Polish National Opera's millennium season which received its UK premiere at the BOC Covent Garden Festival, and settings for solo voices and orchestra of Vikram Seth's Beastly Tales - the first of which was commissioned by the BBC for Patricia Rozario and City of London Sinfonia.