Fifty Fables of La FontaineFinally 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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... His Prey for Its Reflection LA DISCORDE Discord 10 30 31 33 2 3 32 33 33 33 3 3 34 35 36 37 38 39 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 = LA JEUNE VEUVE The Young Widow LE MAL MARIÉ The viii.
... His Prey for Its Reflection LA DISCORDE Discord 10 30 31 33 2 3 32 33 33 33 3 3 34 35 36 37 38 39 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 = LA JEUNE VEUVE The Young Widow LE MAL MARIÉ The viii.
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... Young Mouse LE CERF MALADE The Sick Stag UN FOU ET UN SAGE A Fool and a Wise Man L'AMOUR ET LA FOLIE Love and Folly Notes 100 8 ΙΟΙ 104 105 106 107 108 109 IIO III 113 PREFACE These translations were prepared in the summer of 1985. ix.
... Young Mouse LE CERF MALADE The Sick Stag UN FOU ET UN SAGE A Fool and a Wise Man L'AMOUR ET LA FOLIE Love and Folly Notes 100 8 ΙΟΙ 104 105 106 107 108 109 IIO III 113 PREFACE These translations were prepared in the summer of 1985. ix.
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... Young Widow , " " The Man Who Married a Shrew , " " The Acorn and the Pumpkin , " " The Old Cat and the Young Mouse , " and " Love and Folly . " The following pair appeared in The Literary Review ( Summer , 1987 ) : " The Man and the ...
... Young Widow , " " The Man Who Married a Shrew , " " The Acorn and the Pumpkin , " " The Old Cat and the Young Mouse , " and " Love and Folly . " The following pair appeared in The Literary Review ( Summer , 1987 ) : " The Man and the ...
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... young , 7 most of La Fontaine goes well beyond even a precocious child's comprehension : his portrayal of social types and personification ( or “ animalization ” ) of human frailties ; his philosophical and sometimes religious ...
... young , 7 most of La Fontaine goes well beyond even a precocious child's comprehension : his portrayal of social types and personification ( or “ animalization ” ) of human frailties ; his philosophical and sometimes religious ...
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... Young La Fontaine ( Evanston : Northwestern University Press , 1952 ) The following , while devoted primarily to La Fontaine's less generally admired Contes ( 1665-74 ) , contains stylistic observations applicable as well to his Fables ...
... Young La Fontaine ( Evanston : Northwestern University Press , 1952 ) The following , while devoted primarily to La Fontaine's less generally admired Contes ( 1665-74 ) , contains stylistic observations applicable as well to his Fables ...
Contents
III | xx |
IV | xxi |
V | 2 |
VI | 3 |
VII | 6 |
VIII | 7 |
IX | 8 |
X | 9 |
LIV | 58 |
LV | 59 |
LVI | 60 |
LVII | 61 |
LVIII | 62 |
LIX | 63 |
LX | 64 |
LXI | 65 |
XI | 10 |
XII | 11 |
XIII | 12 |
XIV | 13 |
XV | 14 |
XVI | 15 |
XVII | 16 |
XVIII | 17 |
XIX | 18 |
XX | 19 |
XXI | 19 |
XXII | 19 |
XXIII | 19 |
XXIV | 19 |
XXV | 20 |
XXVI | 21 |
XXVII | 24 |
XXVIII | 25 |
XXIX | 28 |
XXX | 29 |
XXXI | 30 |
XXXII | 31 |
XXXIII | 32 |
XXXIV | 34 |
XXXV | 35 |
XXXVI | 35 |
XXXVII | 35 |
XXXVIII | 38 |
XXXIX | 39 |
XL | 42 |
XLI | 43 |
XLII | 43 |
XLIII | 43 |
XLIV | 44 |
XLV | 45 |
XLVI | 48 |
XLVII | 49 |
XLVIII | 52 |
XLIX | 53 |
L | 54 |
LI | 55 |
LII | 56 |
LIII | 57 |
LXII | 66 |
LXIII | 67 |
LXIV | 68 |
LXV | 69 |
LXVI | 70 |
LXVII | 71 |
LXVIII | 72 |
LXIX | 73 |
LXX | 76 |
LXXI | 77 |
LXXII | 80 |
LXXIII | 81 |
LXXIV | 82 |
LXXV | 83 |
LXXVI | 84 |
LXXVII | 85 |
LXXVIII | 86 |
LXXIX | 87 |
LXXX | 88 |
LXXXI | 89 |
LXXXII | 90 |
LXXXIII | 91 |
LXXXIV | 92 |
LXXXV | 93 |
LXXXVI | 93 |
LXXXVII | 93 |
LXXXVIII | 93 |
LXXXIX | 93 |
XC | 96 |
XCI | 97 |
XCII | 100 |
XCIII | 101 |
XCIV | 103 |
XCV | 103 |
XCVI | 106 |
XCVII | 107 |
XCVIII | 108 |
XCIX | 109 |
C | 110 |
CI | 111 |
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Aesop assez autre avoit Ayant bâton beast beau bien Bœuf C'est Celui-ci Cerf chose Ciel commère contre Corbeau coup d'une Dauphin deux Dieu Dieux dire dit-il dolphin Elle enfants enfin étoit être eût Fables Fabulists Fabulists French faire fait faut Fontaine Fontaine's Frog Garo gens Gland grand Grand Vizier Grenouille haut homme J'ai J'en jamais Jauffret jeune jour l'autre L'HOMME l'on L'un La Fontaine LA FOURMI LE CORBEAU le Cygne Lion Loup Love mainte maître mieux moindre mon affaire monde Monsieur Mouton n'en n'est n'étoit pareil pauvre peine père petit peut pieds Piraeus plaindre Pot de fer qu'elle qu'il qu'on qu'un raison Renard rien s'en S'il sage Seamus Heaney seul SHE-BEAR souvent Stag Styx Sultan Tantôt temps Tereus terre tête tout translation trouva Vaugirard verse fable vieux voilà voir vouloit voyant wolf