La Fontaine's fables
La Fontaine is popular French poet and fabulist, a teller of fables. La Fontaine’s Fables, also simply called Fables (and in the original French, Fables de La Fontaine), was translated by Elizur Wright, and published in 1882, after a previous edition from 1841 went out of print.
Born into a wealthy family in Château-Thierry in 1621, Jean de La Fontaine had a comfortable life, and was the oldest of the family. La Fontaine’s Fables were greatly influenced by those fables of Aesop. The most present element in his fables and tales is irony, and although he was inspired by others, the Fables are one of the most revered French works to date.
Content
The Ass and the Little Dog
The Ass Carrying Relics
The Ass and the Masters
The Ass Loaded with Sponges
The Ape
The Ass and the Dog
The Acorn and the Pumpkin
The Ass Dressed in Lion's Skin
The Animals Sick of the Plague
The Bat and the Two Weasels
The Bird Wounded by an Arrow
The Battle of the Rats and Weasels
The Bear and the Two Companions
The Council Held by the Rats
The Cock and the Fox
The Camel and the Floating Sticks
The Cunning Fox
The Countryman and the Serpent
The Carter in the Mire
The Cat and the Fox
The Cat and the Two Sparrows
The Dragon with Many Heads
Death and the Woodman
The Dove and the Ant
The Dog and His Master's Dinner
The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass
The Dog Whose Ears Were Cropped
The Ears of the Hare
The Eagle and the Magpie
Education
The Eagle and the Owl
The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot
The Fox, the Flies and the Hedgehog
The Fox, the Monkey and the Animals
The Fool Who Sold Wisdom
The Fox, the Wolf and the Horse
The Fox and the Turkeys
The Grasshopper and the Ant
The Hare and the Partridge
The Heifer, the Goat, and the Sheep
The Hornets and the Bees
The Heron
The Head and the Tail of the Serpent
The Hog, the Goat and the Sheep
The Horse and the Wolf
The Joker and the Fishes
The Lion and the Ass Hunting
The Lion Going to War
The Lion and the Gnat
The Lion Beaten by the Man
The Lion and the Hunter
The Lioness and the Bear
The Lobster and Her Daughter
The Lion and the Monkey
The Lion, the Wolf and the Fox
The Man and the Wooden God
The Man and His Image
The Monkey and the Leopard
The Monkey and the Cat
The Mice and the Owl
The Miser and the Monkey
Nothing Too Much
The Old Women and Her Servants
The Old Man and the Ass
The Oak and the Reed
The Oyster and the Litigants
The Old Cat and the Young Mouse
Philomel and Progne
The Ploughman and His Sons
Quarrel of the Dogs and Cats
The Rat Retired from the World
The Rat and the Oyster
The Rat and the Elephant
The Swan and the Cook
The Shepherd and the Sea
The Shepherd and His Flock
The Shepherd and His Dog
The Sun and the Frogs
The Spider and the Swallow
The Sick Stag
The Shepherd and the Lion
The Stag and the Vine
The Thieves and the Ass
The Tortoise and the Two Ducks
The Two Asses
The Two Mules
The Two Rats, the Fox and the Egg
The Two Bulls and the Frog
The Two Goats
The Vultures and the Pigeons
The Wolf Accusing the Fox
The Wolf Turned Shepherd
The Weasel in the Granary
The Wax Candle
The Wolf, the Goat and the Kid
The Wolf and the Lean Dog
The Wolf and the Fox
The Woods and the Woodman
The Wallet
The Woodman and Mercury
All illustrations Gustave Doré