The Fables of La Fontaine
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Translated From The French by Elizur Wright.Children's LiteratureIn the late 1920s, Marc Chagall was commissioned to illustrate the fables of the French poet Jean de La Fontaine. Fortunately, almost 70 years later, the results of that incomparable pairing are made available to the English-speaking public in book form. Marc Chagall's Fables of La Fontaine includes 43 fables, many of them familiar ("The Fox and the Grapes," "The Horse and the Ass") since La Fontaine often put his own witty spin on Aesop's work. The exuberance and rich color of Chagall's gouaches are echoed in the typography and layout. Words (some in color) dance, spin, and leap across the page rather than marching in the usual left-to-right, precise black lines.
The fables projectLa Fontaine : from animal allegory to tragic visionThe grasshopper and the ant2The frog and the ox4The beggar's bag6The man and his image8The dragon with many heads and the dragon with many tails10Death and the woodcutter12The man between two ages and his two mistresses14The child and the schoolmaster16A council convened by the rats18The wolf brings the fox to trial before the monkey20The two bulls and a frog22The bird wounded by an arrow24Sponge donkey, salt donkey26The dove and the ant28The hare and the frogs30The crow who wanted to imitate the eagle32The cat transformed into a woman34The limbs and the stomach36The swan and the cook38The wolves and the ewes40The drowned woman42The donkey and the little dog44The man and the wooden idol46The camel and the floating sticks48The frog and the rat50The horse who wanted to take revenge on the stag52The clay pot and the iron pot54The ears of the hare56The old woman and the two servant girls58The mountain giving birth60The hare and the tortoise62The hound who left his prey for a shadow64The charlatan66The animals sick from the plague68The poorly married man71The rat who retired from the world74The milkmaid and the pot of milk76The cat, the weasel and the little rabbit78Death and the dying man81The man and the flea84Women and the secret86The pig, the goat and the sheep88The horoscope90The pasha and the merchant93The advantage of knowledge96The wolf and the hunter98The monkey and the leopard101The sculptor and the statue of Jupiter104The oyster and the litigants106The wolf and the skinny dog108The candle110The monkey and the cat112The shepherd and his flock114The fish and the cormorant116The digger and his godfather118The fish and the shepherd who played the flute120The farmer, the dog and the fox122The dream of an inhabitant of Mogol125Epilogue128The cat and the two sparrows130The two goats132The fox, the wolf and the horse134The elephant and Jupiter's monkey136Philemon and Baucis138The matron of Ephesus143
