Seventeenth-century Frenchman Jean de La Fontaine happily plundered Aesop and other classical writers as a source for his witty, elegant fables, as well as inventing a number of his own. Seeking to expose the weaknesses of human nature, he offered vivid perspectives on greed and flattery, envy and avarice, love and friendship, old age and death.
The sixty fables collected here - from 'The Crow and the Fox' and 'The Cock and the Pearl' to 'The Grasshopper and the Ant' and 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse' - are illustrated with more than a hundred drawings by R. de La Nezière which which charmingly capture La Fontaine's unforgettable cast of animal personalities.
| ISBN: | 9781857155082 |
| Publication date: | 28th September 2001 |
| Author: | Jean de La Fontaine, R de la Nézière, Edward Marsh |
| Publisher: | Everyman's Library Children's Classics an imprint of Everyman |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | Everyman's Library Children's Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic Literature Traditional Tales Animal Stories |
Seventeenth-century Frenchman Jean de La Fontaine happily plundered Aesop and other classical writers as a source for his witty, elegant fables, as well as inventing a number of his own. Seeking to expose the weaknesses of human nature, he offered vivid perspectives on greed and flattery, envy and avarice, love and friendship, old age and death.
La Fontaine's Fables features in the following genres: Classic Literature, Traditional Tales, Animal Stories
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La Fontaine's Fables was written by Jean de La Fontaine, R de la Nézière, Edward Marsh and published by Everyman's Library Children's Classics an imprint of Everyman
La Fontaine's Fables has 160 pages
Yes it is part of Everyman's Library Children's Classics series
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