Research Catalog

Title

Fifty more fables of La Fontaine / translated by Norman R. Shapiro ; illustrations by David Schorr.

Author

La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• Shapiro, Norman R.
• Schorr, David.

Description

xx, 166 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

These wonderfully wrought moral tales will as easily charm children with bright and basic truths as they will delight adults drawn to their reflectively subtle, sophisticated facets of wit and wisdom.

Subject

• Fables, French > Translations into English

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• The Wolf and the Hound -- The Heifer, the Goat, and the Lamb in Consort with the Lion -- The Middle-aged Man and His Two Mistresses -- The Fox and the Stork -- The Child and the Schoolmaster -- The Mastiff Bitch and Her Friend -- The Lion and the Rat & The Dove and the Ant -- The Crow Who Wanted to Imitate the Eagle -- The Peacock Who Complained to Juno -- The Wolf Turned Shepherd -- The Frogs Who Ask for a King -- The Fox and The Goat -- A Reflection from Socrates -- The Miser Who Lost His Treasure -- The Fox Who Lost His Tail -- The Doctors -- The Deer and the Vine -- The Snake and the File -- The Lion Going Off to War -- The Bear and the Two Companions -- The Ass Dressed in the Lion's Skin -- The Fox, the Ape, and the Animals -- The Mule Who Boasted of His Family Tree -- The Old Man and the Ass -- The Hare and the Tortoise -- The Ass and His Masters -- The Peasant and the Snake -- The Sick Lion and the Fox -- The Horse and the Ass -- The Animals Ill with the Plague --
• The Vultures and the Pigeons -- The Coach and the Fly -- The Two Cocks -- The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox -- The Lioness's Funeral -- The Torrent and the Rivulet -- The Ape and the Leopard -- The Treasure and the Two Men -- The Man and the Snake -- The Money-Burier and His Friend -- The Partridge and the Cocks -- The Old Man and the Three Young Men -- The Fox, the Flies, and the Hedgehog -- The Forest and the Woodsman -- The Fox, the Wolf, and the Horse -- The Fox and the Young Turkey Cocks -- The Scynthian Philosopher -- The Elephant and Jupiter's Ape -- The Matron of Ephesus.

ISBN

• 0252023463 (alk. paper)
• 0252066502 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

96049336

OCLC

• 36083578
• ocm36083578

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries