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La Fontaine's Complete Tales in Verse: An Illustrated and Annotated Translation Paperback – Illustrated, January 5, 2009

by Jean de La Fontaine (Author), Randolph Paul Runyon (Translator)
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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.

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  1. Print length
    272 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    McFarland
  4. Publication date
    January 5, 2009
  5. Reading age
    18 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    7 x 0.54 x 10 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0786441615
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0786441617
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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.

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Randolph Paul Runyon is a professor of French in the Department of French and Italian at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McFarland; Illustrated edition (January 5, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786441615
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786441617
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.09 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.54 x 10 inches

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