Seventeenth-century Frenchman Jean de La Fontaine happily plundered Aesop and other classical writers as a source for his witty, elegant fables, as well as inventing a number of his own. Seeking to expose the weaknesses of human nature, he offered vivid perspectives on greed and flattery, envy and avarice, love and friendship, old age and death. The sixty fables collected here - from '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 ...
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Seventeenth-century Frenchman Jean de La Fontaine happily plundered Aesop and other classical writers as a source for his witty, elegant fables, as well as inventing a number of his own. Seeking to expose the weaknesses of human nature, he offered vivid perspectives on greed and flattery, envy and avarice, love and friendship, old age and death. The sixty fables collected here - from '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 a hundred drawings by R. de La Nezi???re which which charmingly capture La Fontaine's unforgettable cast of animal personalities.
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Add this copy of Fables (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) to cart. $6.13, very good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by Childrens Classics.
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Add this copy of Fables [Tomes 1 & 2] to cart. $9.65, very good condition, Sold by Dodman Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Morston, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1950 by Editions De Cluny.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Two volumes. French language. All in VG order throughout bar a little toning to stock. Green paper wraps a little faded to spine and worn to edges. Volumes 54 and 55 in the Biblioth? ue De Cluny series. 12mo. 354 and 426pp.
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Add this copy of Fables to cart. $10.90, very good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1993 by Editions Flammarion.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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