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The complete fables of Jean de La Fontaine
By FONTAINE, JEAN DE LA & La Fontaine, Jean de & Shapiro, Norman R & Schorr, David
- ISBN
- 978-0-25207-381-6
- Publisher
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 15, 2007
Ably translated from the French by Shapiro (Romance languages & literature, Wesleyan Univ.), the voices of the animals, birds, insects (and even the occasional human) who populate La Fontaine's fables come alive in rhyme and rhythm that develop the traditional tales. Some rhyme seems technically forced, with line breaks in awkward places: "cheese; it" to rhyme w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
