Item
Jean de La Fontaine: Fables
- Title
- en_US Jean de La Fontaine: Fables
- Description
- en_US Language note: French
- Jean de La Fontaine
- Creator
- en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Crozat, François
- Date
- 2020-01-23T17:39:33Z
- 2019-06
- en_US 2012
- Date Available
- 2020-01-23T17:39:33Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2012
- Abstract
- en_US This paperback makes use of Milan's earlier and larger hardbound publications in 2000 and 2007. From the 27 fables illustrated there, this paperback chooses 18. The 2000 cover is used, resized to fit this 6½" x 8¼" paperback. The pretty frames are removed from the illustrations, and these illustrations now reach to the end of the page. There is an unusual T of C at the beginning, since it gives page numbers but the rest of the pages do not! The fables follow the same order as in the larger editions. I miss the lovely ones that they have left out! As I wrote there, the animal paintings here are strong on emotion. The illustrations are generally two-page spreads. Among them some are especially dramatic, like GA on 4-5. Some fables are spread out onto two pages, but the two illustrations are distinct, as in GGE on 8 and 9 or FC on 10 and 11. The wolf and the lamb are wonderfully contrasted in size and attitude on 22-23. The chagrined fox leaving the stork's home on 35 is a classic. The front cover's title spoils one of the most dramatic illustrations, since it obscures the wolf's tongue hanging out the side of his mouth.
- Identifier
- en_US 11986 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre
- Publisher
- en_US Milan: Jeunesse
- en_US Toulouse, France
- Subject
- La Fontaine See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books