Download or read book Selected Fables written by Jean de La Fontaine and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La Fontaine's witty and sophisticated animal fables are among the greatest poetic works in French. Christopher Betts's new translations match the inventiveness of the original. This generous selection, including half of the originals, is accompanied by superb illustrations by Gustave Doré, a contextualizing introduction and other features.