Selected Fables: A Dual-Language BookFirst published between 1668 and 1693, the Fables of La Fontaine rank among the masterpieces of French literature. This volume contains 75 of the best, in the original French with new English line-for-line literal translations. "The Cicada and the Ant," "The City Rat and the Country Rat," "The Fox and the Grapes," many more. |
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Page vi
... Aesop, or Aesopic collections. The legendary Aesop is said to have lived in the sixth century B.C., but no collection of fables attributed to him is even mentioned earlier than ca. 300 BC. The Greek prose of the various Aesopic ...
... Aesop, or Aesopic collections. The legendary Aesop is said to have lived in the sixth century B.C., but no collection of fables attributed to him is even mentioned earlier than ca. 300 BC. The Greek prose of the various Aesopic ...
Page xii
... Aesop in the sixth century B.C., was a separate invention or not. At any rate, we do not hear of any Greek fable collection actually in existence until about 300 B.C., and those that have come down to us, attributed to Aesop, date from ...
... Aesop in the sixth century B.C., was a separate invention or not. At any rate, we do not hear of any Greek fable collection actually in existence until about 300 B.C., and those that have come down to us, attributed to Aesop, date from ...
Page xiii
... Aesop, the political slings of the exslave Phaedrus during the oppressive reign of Tiberius).3 An alternative explanation for La Fontaine's awakened interest in the genre has also been offered: the birth of the Dauphin (crown prince) in ...
... Aesop, the political slings of the exslave Phaedrus during the oppressive reign of Tiberius).3 An alternative explanation for La Fontaine's awakened interest in the genre has also been offered: the birth of the Dauphin (crown prince) in ...
Page xvi
... Aesop); Book I contains 22 numbered fables; Book II, 20; Book III, 18; Book IV, 22; Book V, 21; Book VI, 21 and the Epilogue to the first set. The second set (Books VII-XI) is preceded by a dedicatory poem to Madame de Montespan (as ...
... Aesop); Book I contains 22 numbered fables; Book II, 20; Book III, 18; Book IV, 22; Book V, 21; Book VI, 21 and the Epilogue to the first set. The second set (Books VII-XI) is preceded by a dedicatory poem to Madame de Montespan (as ...
Page 15
... Aesop's fancies: fancies and poetry have always been friends. But I do not think myself so dear to Parnassus that I am capable of ornamenting all those fictions. It is possible to lend luster to their inventions; it is possible, and I ...
... Aesop's fancies: fancies and poetry have always been friends. But I do not think myself so dear to Parnassus that I am capable of ornamenting all those fictions. It is possible to lend luster to their inventions; it is possible, and I ...
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Aesop amis animal animaux assez autre avait beau beautiful bête bien bœuf C’est C’était cerf ces gens-là chat cheval chien chose cœur Contre corbeau coup cour d’être d’un d’une Descartes deux Dieu dieux dire discours dit-il donkey encor enfants enfin être eût everything fable faire fait femme fils flatterer Fontaine Fontaine’s gazelle gens homme j’ai j’en jamais jeune John Rabbit jour king L’âne L’animal l’autre l’homme l’on l’ours L’un La Fontaine la fourmi Le corbeau le monde lion logis loup Madame Madame de Montespan maint maître mieux monde mort mots n’en n’est ouvrage pareils pauvre peine petits peuple peut plaisir plein poem poet prend qu’à qu’au qu’en qu’on qu’un quelquefois raison renard rien s’en s’il sage Seigneur seul soins sommes sous sujet temps tête tortue tout trois veut vieillard vient voici voilà voir wolf