Selected Fables
All the imagination, whimsy, and invention that have made Calder's mobiles and stabiles so popular. 36 fables — in rhymed translation by Eunice Clark — with a drawing for each and 12 additional vignettes. Contains mature content.
All the imagination, whimsy, and invention that have made Calder's mobiles and stabiles so popular. 36 fables — in rhymed translation by Eunice Clark — with a drawing for each and 12 additional vignettes. Contains mature content.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140455243 (0140455248)
Publish date: August 29th 2006
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Jean de la Fontaine is a must-read for anyone interested in folktales and fables throughout history.The 17th-century poet took various tales from Aesop, Greek myth, and various other sources and set them to verse. Here, they appear in English translation. While the presentation of the stories and th...