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Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine
La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695
"Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes" by Jean de La Fontaine is a collection of fables published between 1668 and 1694. Drawing from sources both Western and Eastern, La Fontaine adapted 239 tales into French free verse, creating classics of French literature. These humorous and ironical stories feature animals and humans, offering keen insights into human nature beneath their apparent simplicity. Originally aimed at adults, they became required learning for generations of French schoolchildren, with countless phrases entering everyday language. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695 |
|---|---|
| Annotator | Gibbs, J. W. M. |
| Translator | Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885 |
| Title | Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Fontaine%27s_Fables |
| Credits | Produced by Thomas Berger, Eric Eldred, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Fables, French -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7241 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Mar 13, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2214 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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