Selected Fables (Paperback)

Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95) freely plundered the works of Aesop, Phaedrus, Bidpai and others to transform the world's great fables into charming poems of astonishing originality, wit and verve. Here he depicts lions, frogs, donkeys, rats, insects, birds and wily foxes in situations that reveal the quirks, follies and frailties he observed in humankind. Sins of pride, greed and vanity come under humorous attack - a cunning fox tricks a crow out of his dinner, an arrogant hare loses a race to a steady tortoise, a merry cicada who sings all summer finds herself hungry in winter, and the goddess Juno scolds a peacock who covets a nightingale's song. But faith in human nature can also be found in poems such as those in which a wolf is saved from choking by a helpful stork, demonstrating an engaging belief in the possibilities of redemption.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2006
First published:	August 2006
Authors:	Jean De LA Fontaine
Editors:	James Michie
Illustrators:	J.J. Grandville
Introduction by:	Geoffrey Grigson
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-045524-3
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	0-14-045524-8
Barcode:	9780140455243

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