Book Description
Stories with deep wisdom, gentle satire, polite cynicism, and, above all, irresistible humour.
Author : Jean de La Fontaine
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 28,76 MB
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1406811874
Stories with deep wisdom, gentle satire, polite cynicism, and, above all, irresistible humour.
Author : Jean de La Fontaine
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 22,75 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780486411064
With their unique blend of wit and poetic mastery, the verse interpretations of Aesop’s Fables by 17th-century author Jean de La Fontaine have enchanted readers of all ages for over three centuries. 70 popular and oft-quoted fables appear here, including "The Grasshopper and the Ant," "The Town Rat and the Country Rat," "The Fox and the Grapes," "The Hare and the Tortoise," and dozens more. A classic of French literature; brilliantly translated by Walter Thornbury into English verse.
Author : Jean de La Fontaine
Publisher : Sleeping Cat Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 19,49 MB
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Fables, French
ISBN : 9780991440771
Charming and elegant, Jean de La Fontaine's (1621-1695) animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express his penetrating insights into French society and the beasts found in all of us.
Author : Aesop
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 37,33 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781853261282
A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.
Author : Jean de La Fontaine
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 33,52 MB
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Original Fables of La Fontaine" (Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney) by Jean de La Fontaine. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : Jean de La Fontaine
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,56 MB
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486498476
A heavily illustrated reprint of a 1927 edition of La Fontaine's fables contains the original French verses and new English translations of such tales as "The Crow and the Fox" and "The Heron."
Author : Jean de La Fontaine
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 19,35 MB
Release : 2016-04-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781354677063
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Author : Jean de La Fontaine
Publisher : Hachette Livre - Bnf
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 26,6 MB
Release : 2012-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9782012663558
Fables de J. de La Fontaine (Edition classique accompagnee de notes et remarques historiques, philologiques et litteraires, precedee d'une notice biographique)Date de l'edition originale : 1860Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF.Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique.En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles.Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.frhttp://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55441850
Author : Jean de La Fontaine
Publisher :
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 23,85 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Fables, French
ISBN :
Author : Guy Whitmore Carryl
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 49,50 MB
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3734017645
Reproduction of the original: Fables for the Frivolous by Guy Whitmore Carryl