Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
New York : Knopf, 2001.
Description
Charming and elegant, Jean de La Fontaine's (1621-1695) animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express his penetrating insights into French society and the beasts found in all of us. Norman R. Shapiro has been translating La Fontaine's fables for over twenty years, capturing the original works' lively mix of plain and archaic language. This newly complete collection is destined to set the English standard for the oeuvre of one of the world's greatest fabulists.
Awards
IBBY Honour Book (Illustration — 1998)
Language
Original language
French
Original publication date
1668 (I-VI)
1678-1679 (VII-XI)
1692 (4 vol., I-XI)
1693 (XII)
1694
Physical description
160 p.; 21 cm
ISBN
0375413340 / 9780375413346