Forbidden Fruit: Selected Tales in Verse

by JeandeLaFontaine (Author), Guido Waldman (Translator), RichardShirleySmith (Illustrator)

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1998
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Based on Boccaccio's Decameron , Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , and Rabelais' Pantagruel , Jean de la Fontaine here retells the stories in his own words, with commentary. Marital misdemeanours, resourceful females, addled males prove the inspiration for some richly-invented plotting and witticisms.

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Based on Boccaccio's Decameron , Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , and Rabelais' Pantagruel , Jean de la Fontaine here retells the stories in his own words, with commentary. Marital misdemeanours, resourceful females, addled males prove the inspiration for some richly-invented plotting and witticisms.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Harvill P.
Published: 05 Feb 1998
ISBN 10: 1860464386
ISBN 13: 9781860464386

Forbidden Fruit: Selected Tales in Verse

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