Once Again, La Fontaine: Sixty More Fables

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Wesleyan University Press, 2000 - Juvenile Fiction - 218 pages

New translations of classic French fables.

Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), one of the best-loved French poets, is the foremost fabulist since Aesop, and his books have entertained generations of readers throughout France and the Western world. In Once Again, La Fontaine, Norman R. Shapiro brings his scholarly knowledge of fable lore and outstanding facility with English verse together to produce beautiful, witty translations. Adults will be captured by the subtle and sophisticated layers of meaning which Shapiro has skillfully brought to light, and children will delight in the moral tales. Readers of all ages will appreciate the sly and charming illustrations by David Schorr.

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Contents

LHirondelle et les Petits Oyseaux
2
Les Frelons et les Mouches à Miel
10
LAsne Chargé dÉponges et lAsne Chargé de
19
Le Lièvre et les Grenouilles
27
The Wolves and the Ewes
33
14
218
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