The Fables of La Fontaine: A Selection in English - Hardcover

La Fontaine, Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0863155715 ISBN 13: 9780863155710

Publisher: Floris Books, 2006

Synopsis

This book brings together over one hundred of Jean de La Fontaine's best-loved fables for children, in a magnificent new English translation by C. J. Moore (author of In Other Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the Most Intriguing Words Around the World). There are full colour illustrations throughout. Borrowing his inspiration and material unashamedly from Aesop's fables, La Fontaine wrote his stories in French verse in the latter half of the seventeeth century, and they have been popular classics ever since. Timeless stories of countryfolk, heroes from Greek mythology and familiar creatures, each tale contains a moral for living, just as relevant today as 300 years ago. Fables in this collection include favourites such as The Tortoise and the Hare, The Grasshopper and the Ant, and The Raven and the Fox.

About this title

Product Description:

Jean de La Fontaine wrote his stories in French verse in the latter half of the seventeeth century. This book brings together over one hundred of La Fontaine's best-loved fables for children, in an English translation. It includes favourites such as 'The Tortoise and the Hare', 'The Grasshopper and the Ant', and 'The Raven and the Fox'.

Review:

'Incisive, satirical and always insightful, this selection includes such classics as "The Two Mules" one with his load of salt and the other of sponges and is told with lyrical, rhyming, poetic diction. Perfect tales with bite at their beginnings and the characteristic sting of the moral at their ending, these translations of the fables are fresh, fun and filled with verve and vitality.' --Jake Hope, Achuka

About this edition

• Publisher: Floris Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0863155715
• ISBN 13: 9780863155710
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Illustrator: Rochut Jean-Noël