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Title
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Fables en Deux Langues et Divertissements de Ce Genre/Fables in Two Languages and Similar Diversions
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Description
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This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
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Language note: French/English
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Original language: fre
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1500 copies
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Poems by Charles W. Pratt
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Creator
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Parry, Marian
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Contributor
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Parry, Marian
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Date
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2016-01-25T16:29:43Z
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1998-01
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1994
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T16:29:43Z
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Date Issued
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1994
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Abstract
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This book starts off with a wonderful word from William Blake that concludes But he who kisses the joy as it flies/Lives in eternity's sun rise. Of eighteen pieces overall, I count eight as fables (on 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, and 38). They and the other works are complemented very well with enjoyable designs all over the page. There is lovely whimsy in both text and illustration. Among the best fables is The Bird, the Mouse, and the Cat (9). The cat eats the carefree bird and then the cautious mouse. The lesson you'll learn, if you're clever?/If you don't ever sing, you won't ever. The zen sow in The Zen Sow waits patiently for a nut to fall from the oak (21)--but does a zen sow wait for anything? Story (23) is also strong: the clouds came out to play, but the little children went away. The clouds cried. The flowers were glad to get a drink. The Butterfly and the Computer (25) expresses a nice tension. The butterfly needs the computer's brain for help, and the computer needs the butterfly's wings to fly. There is a strong adaptation of La Fontaine's OR on 38. Among the poems and stories, I like especially The Romantic Yankee (28). I am very glad to have found this book.
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Identifier
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964102803
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3089 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Pomme Press
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Brentwood, NH
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Subject
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PS3566.R324 F33 1994
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole