Selected Fables
by Jean de la Fontaine
Title:
Selected Fables
Author:
Jean de la Fontaine
Edited by:
Michie, James
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
304 pages
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780140455243
EAN:
9780140455243
Publication Date:
30/03/2006
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
346
Dimensions (mm):
194 x 128 x 18
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£10.72
3 copies in stock
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Description
Aims to transform the world's great fables into charming poems of originality, wit, and verve. The author depicts lions, frogs, donkeys, rats, insects, birds and wily foxes in situations that reveal the quirks, follies and frailties he observed in humankind. He presents sins of pride, greed, and vanity under humorous attack.
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