University of Illinois Press

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Author:

Jean de La Fontaine

Editor/Other:

Translated by Norman R. Shapiro. Illustrated by Alan James Robinson

Pub Date:

1997

Pages:

192 pages

Dimensions:

7 x 10 in.

Illustrations:

25 line drawings

Literature, European Poetry Translation French Studies See all Subjects

Fifty Fables of La Fontaine

Finally available in paperback--the original collection of La Fontaine fables by the award-winning translator Norman Shapiro, working his alchemy by transforming the accompanying original French verses into equally valuable and brilliant English gold. These wonderfully wrought moral tales charm children with bright and basic truths as they delight adults with reflectively subtle, sophisticated facets of wit and wisdom.

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