The complete fables of La Fontaine : a new translation in verse /
"In this contemporary translation, Craig Hill has captured the liveliness, satiric wit, and poetic beauty that made Jean de La Fontaine famous during his lifetime and his Fables celebrated as a masterwork of world literature ever since." "Despite La Fontaine's deceptively modest...
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New York :
Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Hachette Book Group,
[2008], ©2008
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Table of Contents:
- Book I
- The cicada and the ant
- The crow and the fox
- The frog who wished to be as big as the ox
- The two mules
- The wolf and the dog
- The heiffer, the she-goat, and the ewe in partnership with the lion
- Baggage
- The swallow and the little birds
- City rat and country rat
- The wolf and the lamb
- The man and his image
- The dragon of many heads and the dragon of many tails
- The theives and the mule
- Simonides preserved by the gods
- Death and the luckless man
- Death and the woodcutter
- The man between two ages and two mistresses
- The fox and the stork
- The boy and the schoolmaster
- The cock and the pearl
- The hornets and the honeybees
- The oak and the reed
- Book II
- Against the hard to please
- The congress of the rats
- Wolf vs. fox before judge ape
- The two bulls and the frog
- The bat and the two weasels
- The bird wounded by an arrow
- The hound-bitch and her friend
- The eagle and the scarab
- The lion and the gnat
- The ass who carried sponges and the ass who carried salt
- The lion and the rat
- The dove and the ant
- The astrologer who blundered into a well
- The hare and the frogs
- The old cock
- The crow who wished to imitate the eagle
- Juno and the peacock
- The cat who became a woman
- The lion and the ass go hunting
- Aesop explains a will
- Book III
- The miller, his son and the donkey
- The belly and the members
- The wolf who became a shepherd
- The frogs who asked for a king
- The fox and the ram
- The eagle, the cat, and the pig
- The drunkard and his wife
- Gout and spiders
- The wolf and the stork
- The lion beaten by the man
- The fox and the grapes
- The swan and the cook
- The wolves and the sheep
- The lion grown old
- Philomel and the sheep
- The woman who was drowned
- The weasel in the pantry
- The cat and the old mouse
- Book IV
- The lion in love
- The shepherd and the sea
- The fly and the ant
- The gardener and his lord
- The jackass and the lapdog
- The combat of the weasels and the rats
- The ape and the dolphin
- The man and the wooden idol
- The magpie decked out in peacock plumes
- The camel and the floating sticks
- The frog and the rat
- The tribute send by the animals to Alexander
- The horse who wished to avenge himself upon the deer
- The fox and the bust
- The wolf, the nanny goat, and the kid
- The wolf, the mother, and the child
- The wisdom of socrates
- The old man and his children
- The oracle and the skeptic
- The miser who lost his treasure
- The owner's eye
- The lark and her brood and the owner of a field
- Book V
- Dedication to M.L.C.D.B.
- The woodsman and Mercury
- Clay pot and iron pot
- The little fish and the fisherman
- The ears of the hare
- The fox whose tail got cut off
- The crone and the two servants
- The satyr and the wayfarer
- The horse and the wolf
- The farmer and his sons
- The mountain who labored
- Fortune and the young boy
- Doctors
- The hen who laid golden eggs
- The ass bearing relics
- The stag and the vine
- The serpent and the file
- The hare and the partridge
- The eagle and the owl
- The lion prepares for war
- The bear and the two guys
- The ass in a lionskin
- Book VI
- The shepard and the lion
- The lion and the hunter
- The sun and the north wind
- Jupiter and his tenant farmer
- The mouse, the cockerel, and the cat
- The fox, the monkey, and the animals
- The mule who prided himself on his genealogy
- The old man and the ass
- The stag and his reflection
- The tortoise and the hare
- The donkey and his masters
- The sun and the frogs
- The peasant and the serpent
- The ailing lion and the fox
- The bird catcher, the hawk, and the lark
- The horse and the ass
- The hound who dropped his bone to get his image
- The bemired cart driver
- The charlatan
- Discord
- The young widow
- Epilogue
- Book VII
- Dedication to Madame de Montespan
- The animals stricken with the plague
- The unhappily married man
- The rat who retired from the world
- The heron
- The girl
- Wishes
- The lion's court
- The vultures and the pigeons
- The fly and the omnibus
- The dairymaid and the pail of milk
- The parson and the corpse
- The man who ran after fortune and the man who waited for her in bed
- The two cocks
- On man's ingratitude toward fortune
- The fortune tellers
- The cat, the weasel, and the young rabbit
- The head and the tail of the serpent
- An animal in the moon
- Book VIII
- Death and the dying
- The cobbler and the financier
- The lion, the wolf, and the fox
- The power of fables
- The man and the flea
- Women and the secrets
- The dog who carried his master's dinner on his neck
- The joker and the fishes
- The rat and the oyster
- The bear and the gardener
- The two friends
- The goat, the sheep, and the pig
- Thyrsis and Amaranth
- The lion queen's funeral
- The rat and the elephant, The horoscope
- The ass and the dog
- The ass and the dog
- The pasha and the merchant
- The usefulness of learning
- Jupiter and the thunderbolts
- The falcon and the capon
- The cat and the rat
- The torrent and the river
- Education
- The two dogs and the dead ass
- Democritus and the Aderites
- The wolf and the hunter
- Book IX
- The faithless trustee
- The two pigeons
- The leopard and the monkey
- The acorn and the pumpkin
- The schoolboy, the pedant, and the orchard owner
- The sculptor andd the statue of Jupiter
- The mouse who was turned into a girl
- The fool who sold wisdom
- The oyster and litigants
- The wolf and the scrawny dog
- Nothing in excess
- The taper
- Jupiter and the voyager
- The cat and the fox
- The husband, the wife, and the thief
- The treasure and the two men
- The monkey and the cat
- The kite and the nightingale
- The shepherd and his flock
- Discourse to Madame de La Sabliere
- The two rats, the fox, and the egg
- Book X
- The man and the snake
- The turtle and the two ducks
- The fishes and the cormorant
- The treasure-burier and his crony
- The wolf and the shepherds
- The spider and the swallow
- The partridge and the cocks
- The dog whose ears were cropped
- The shepherd and the king
- The fishes and the shepherd who played the flute
- The two parrots, the king, and his son
- The lioness and the she-bear
- The two adventurers and the talisman
- Discourse to Monsieur the Duke de La Rochefoucauld
- The merchant, the noble, the shepherd, and the prince
- Book XI
- The lion
- The gods wanting to instruct a son of Jupiter-- The farmer, the dog, and the fox
- The dream of an inhabitant of the Mughal Empire
- The lion, the ape, and the two asses
- The wolf and the fox
- The peasant from the Danube
- The old man and the three young ones
- The mice and the hoot owl
- Epilogue
- Book XII
- Dedication to Monseigneur the Duke of Burgundy
- Ulysses and his shipmates
- The cat and the two sparrows
- The miser and the ape
- The two she-goats
- To Monseigneur the Duke of Burgundy: The old cat and the young mouse
- The ailing stag
- The bat, the bush, and the duck
- The dispute between the dogs and the cats and the one between the cats and the mice
- The wolf and the fox
- The crawfish and her daughter
- The eagle and the magpie
- The kite, the king, and the hunter
- The fox, the flies, and the hedgehog
- Love and folly
- The crow, the gazelle, the tortoise, and the rat
- The forest and the woodcutter
- The fox, the wold, and the horse
- The fox and the turkeys
- The ape
- The scythian philosopher
- The elephant and Jupiter's ape
- The fool and the wise man
- The English fox
- Daphnis and Alcimadura
- The judge, the physician, and the hermit