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Selected Fables - Fables Choisies

Selected Fables - Fables Choisies( )
Author: La Fontaine, Jean De
Editor: Appelbaum, Stanley
Translator: Appelbaum, Stanley
Series title:Dover Dual Language French Ser.
ISBN:978-0-486-29574-9
Publication Date:Mar 1997
Publisher:Dover Publications, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.95
Book Description:

Among the masterpieces of French literature: 75 Fables in original French with new English line-for-line literal translations. "The Cicada and the Ant," "The Fox and the Grapes," many more.

Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.46 x 8.58 Inches
Book Weight:0.605 Pounds
Author Biography
La Fontaine, Jean De (Author)
Although he had a degree to practice law, La Fontaine does not seem to have done so but, rather, spent his life in Paris dependent on aristocratic patrons. His principal contribution to literature was his 12 books of Fables, to which he devoted 30 years of his life. They were published from 1668 to 1694 and are universally appreciated in France by children and adults alike. In drawing on a tradition of the fable going back to Aesop, La Fontaine created a portrait of human life and French society through the representations of animals. His work is marked by great insight into human moral character, while it preaches the value of the middle road.

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