La Fontaine's complete tales in verse
an illustrated and annotated translation
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Author
Contributions
- Runyon, Randolph, 1947- - Contributor
Publication
2009 - McFarland & Co., Jefferson, N.C, South Carolina
Language
English
Word Count
68,000 words, Guess
Page Count
272 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100786441615
- ISBN-139780786441617
- Goodreads6185867
- LibraryThing8797630
- Library of Congress Control Number2008049411
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number261400295
- Better World Books9780786441617
- Open LibraryOL22679986M
Classifications
- DDC841/.4
- LCCPQ1811.E4 R86 2009
- LCCPQ1811.E4R86 2009
Description
"Though they were first written over 300 years ago, this is the first complete English translation of Jean de La Fontaine's comedic classic Contes et nouvelles en vers. Both sexually charged and wickedly funny, La Fontaine's Tales will surprise readers who know him only from his work on fables for children. Though the writing is more suggestive than vulgar, it still has the power to shock readers unprepared for the darkness that inhabits these poems. Included are nearly seventy illustrations dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, many of them rare, as well as extensive commentary by the editor."--Jacket.
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