One Hundred New Court Fables

Title

en_US One Hundred New Court Fables

Description

en_US Houdar de la Motte; Translated by Mr. Samber

Creator

en_US La Motte See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T20:35:50Z

en_US 2012-06

en_US 2012

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:35:50Z

Date Issued

en_US 2012

Abstract

en_US This book is a travesty from start to finish. An accessible English translation of De la Motte would be a fine thing, and that is what this book promises. However, readers will be frustrated with the book. It is in large format at 7½ by 9¾. One opens to find three densely packed columns on each page. One does not need to read far to find that the book is a jumbled mass of computer scanning gone mad. Consider this passage on 49: The Phenix and the Owl. Fable I. To the Queen of Prussia. 3&taGKSS5&@cept, O mighty Queen, my 3s?RR> humble Homage. This Tribute of a Stranger mould be more agreeable to you. What reader will put up with trying to decipher this mess? The last surprise comes when the print stops on 58. There follow fifty blank pages. The blank pages anger me less than the print pages! I hope I never buy another unproofed, scanned, printed-on-demand book in my life!

Identifier

en_US 8924 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/84131

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US General Books LLC

en_US Memphis

Subject

en_US PQ1993.L46 O6 2012 See all items with this value

en_US de la Motte See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole