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The Original Fables of La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine
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The poor man objected. "This is fine fun for princes, no doubt——"; but they let him talk, whilst dogs and men together did more harm in one hour than all the hares in the province would have done in a century.
Little princes, settle your own quarrels amongst yourselves. It is
madness to have recourse to kings. You should never let them engage in
your wars, nor even enter your domains.
Once there was a man who loved himself very much, and who permitted himself no rivals in that love. He thought his face and figure the handsomest in all the world. Anything in the shape of a mirror that could show him his own likeness he took care to avoid; for he did not want to be reminded that perhaps he was over-rating his beauty. For this reaso. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Diz Pinheiro Chagas no início do livro:
"O que constitui o seu encanto supremo é a vida potente que ele sabe dar a todos esses animais que se movem no imenso tablado da natureza, que falam a linguagem que ele lhes presta, obedecendo a paixões que ele lhes atribui."
Gostei muito destas fábulas de La Fo
I’m not really suited to “rate” the work of Lafontaine so This will be a short review.
From all the fables I’ve come across those are definitely the best of the lot. What’s remarkable about Lafontaine is this incredible capacity to write fables that are meaningful, fun, easy to read and with importan
Um livro completo com algumas fábulas que nos faz lembrar quando eramos crianças, como o Lobo e o Cordeiro ou a Lebre e a tartaruga!
Cada fábula nos ensina e traz uma moral!
Podem ser fábulas com animais mas acaba sempre por representar algum defeito humano!
Orhan Veli'nin önsözü ve çevirisi enfesti. Şiir tadında okudum fablları. Ancak masallar kesinlikle küçük çocukların algı kapasitesi bakımından uygun değildi. Bence en azından 8-10 yaş aralığına hitap ediyor. Çoğu masalda çocukluğuma gittim yaklaşık 20 yıldır duymadığım masalları duymak oldukça ilgin
La Fontaine demek çocukluğum demek. İnsan çocukluğundan kalan şeyleri daha bir başka seviyor.
La Fontaine's fables are all in verse and are massively popular in France. They have wonderful little morals. The interesting side-note is that many of these children's fables are hidden criticisms of the court of Louis XIV where La Fontaine was a lackey among the thousands of others at Versailles.