Fables Jean de La Fontaine; Translated by Sir Edward Marsh; Illustrated by R. de la Nézière

by La Fontaine, Jean de; Marsh, Edward; de la Nézière, R.

• ISBN13: 9780375413346
• ISBN10: 0375413340
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-16
• Publisher: Everyman's Library

Summary

Second only to Aesop, Jean de la Fontaine was the author of comic and delightful fables that are as alive today as when they first appeared in the 18th century. Based on tales both famous and obscure by an array of classical writers, La Fontaine's fables offer vivid perspectives on such elemental subjects as greed and flattery, envy and avarice, love and friendship, old age and death. The 60 collected herefrom "The Crow and the Fox" and "The Cock and the Pearl" to "The Grasshopper and the Ant" and "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse"are illustrated with more than 100 charming drawings that capture La Fontaine's unforgettable cast of animal personalities.

Author Biography

<b>Jean de La Fontaine </b>(1621—1695) wrote poetry, plays, libretti, and several ambitious prose works, and is best known for his <i>Fables.</i>

Table of Contents

The Grasshopper and the Ant	9	(2)
The Crow and the Fox	11	(4)
The Frog and the Ox	15	(4)
The Two Mules	19	(2)
The Wolf and the Dog	21	(2)
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse	23	(2)
The Wolf and the Lamb	25	(4)
The Thieves and the Ass	29	(1)
The Fox and the Stork	30	(4)
The Cock and the Pearl	34	(1)
The Oak and the Reed	35	(2)
The Rate in Council	37	(4)
Wolf V. Fox Before Ape J.	41	(2)
The Bat and the Two Weasles	43	(2)
The Brach and Her Friend	45	(2)
The Eagle and the Beetle	47	(3)
The Lion and the Gnat	50	(4)
The Lion and the Rat	54	(2)
The Dove and the Ant	56	(2)
The Hare and the Frogs	58	(4)
The Cock and the Fox	62	(2)
The Miller, His Son, and the Ass	64	(4)
The Frogs Who Asked For a King	68	(4)
The Fox and the Goat	72	(2)
The Wolf and the Stork	74	(2)
The Fox and the Grapes	76	(3)
The Wolves and the Sheep	79	(2)
The Old Lion	81	(1)
The Cat and the Old Rat	82	(5)
The Donkey and the Lap-Dog	87	(4)
The Jay in Peacock's Feathers	91	(4)
The Frog and the Rat	95	(2)
The Wolf, the Goat, and the Kid	97	(2)
The Horse's Revenge	99	(2)
The Fox and the Bust	101	(1)
The Two Pots	102	(2)
The Little Fish and the Angler	104	(2)
The Hare's Ears	106	(2)
The Ass in the Lion's Skin	108	(3)
The Eagle and the Owl	111	(2)
The Bear and the Two Crooks	113	(2)
The Hen Who Laid the Golden Eggs	115	(1)
Phoebus and Boreas	116	(2)
The Cock, the Cat, and the Little Mouse	118	(2)
The Hare and the Tortoise	120	(4)
The Animals and the Plague	124	(3)
The Rat in the Hermitage	127	(2)
The Hern	129	(2)
The Coach and the Fly	131	(2)
The Dairymaid and the Pot of Milk	133	(3)
The Cat, the Weasel, and the Little Rabbit	136	(3)
The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox	139	(4)
The Rat and the Oyster	143	(3)
The Two Pigeons	146	(4)
The Acorn and the Pumpkin	150	(2)
The Oyster and the Litigants	152	(2)
The Monkey and the Cat	154	(2)
The Tortoise and the Two Ducks	156	(2)
The Old Cat and the Young Mouse	158	(2)
The Fox, the Wolf, and the Horse	160