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The Fables of La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
Translated by George Walter Thornbury (1828 - 1876)

Jean de la Fontaine's fables were very well-known all over Europe during his life, and are now slowly being rediscovered. This edition contains 240 fables or fairy tales and a biography of Jean de la Fontaine and Aesop, containing the most well-known fables in existence, as well as some lesser-known fables and stories. Walter Thornbury's translation furthermore sets the fables into memorable rhymes. - Summary by Carolin

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

Keyword(s): poetry (1814), animals (407), poem (318), France (175), 2017 (121), fables (93), aesop (15), 1886 (5)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	An Essay on the Life and Works of Jean de la Fontaine, part 1	RogerMathewson	00:25:26
Play 02	An Essay on the Life and Works of Jean de la Fontaine, part 2	RogerMathewson	00:29:35
Play 03	The Life of Aesop, the Phrygian, part 1	tovarisch	00:27:52
Play 04	The Life of Aesop, the Phrygian, part 2	tovarisch	00:27:13
Play 05	Dedication to Monseigneur the Dauphin	tovarisch	00:07:17
Play 06	Preface	tovarisch	00:22:00
Play 07	To Monseigneur the Dauphin	Sonia	00:01:25
Play 08	Fables I and II	Sonia	00:02:37
Play 09	Fables III and IV	Sonia	00:02:08
Play 10	Fables V and VI	Sonia	00:03:08
Play 11	Fables VII and VIII	Kalynda	00:04:03
Play 12	Fables IX and X	Kalynda	00:02:50
Play 13	Fables XI and XII	tovarisch	00:04:14
Play 14	Fables XIII and XIV	Sonia	00:02:25
Play 15	Fables XV and XVI	Mary Escano	00:07:27
Play 16	Fables XVII and XVIII	Pierre Delcourt	00:03:52
Play 17	Fables XIX and XX	Pierre Delcourt	00:03:54
Play 18	Fables XXI and XXII	Sonia	00:05:07
Play 19	Fables XXIII and XXIV	Sonia	00:03:11
Play 20	Fables XXV and XXVI	Sonia	00:03:24
Play 21	Fables XXVII and XXVIII	Sonia	00:04:21
Play 22	Fables XXIX and XXX	RogerMathewson	00:02:46
Play 23	Fables XXXI and XXXII	RogerMathewson	00:05:02
Play 24	Fables XXXIII and XXXIV	RogerMathewson	00:02:50
Play 25	Fables XXXV and XXXVI	Sonia	00:02:45
Play 26	Fables XXXVII and XXXVIII	RogerMathewson	00:07:22
Play 27	Fables XXXIX and XL	PatsyAnn	00:03:33
Play 28	Fables XLI and XLII	Sonia	00:03:40
Play 29	Fables XLIII and XLIV	Brian Naylor	00:02:39
Play 30	Fables XLV and XLVI	Sonia	00:03:48
Play 31	Fables XLVII and XLVIII	Mayah	00:06:25
Play 32	Fables XLIX and L	PatsyAnn	00:07:20
Play 33	Fables LI and LII	Sonia	00:03:33
Play 34	Fables LIII and LIV	Sonia	00:04:03
Play 35	Fables LV and LVI	PatsyAnn	00:04:52
Play 36	Fables LVII and LVIII	Sonia	00:05:30
Play 37	Fables LIX and LX	AEH	00:03:14
Play 38	Fables LXI and LXII	Rebecca Bourque	00:02:13
Play 39	Fables LXIII and LXIV	Kurt	00:04:00
Play 40	Fables LXV and LXVI	SwapMerl	00:03:05
Play 41	Fables LXVII and LXVIII	Sonia	00:05:13
Play 42	Fables LXIX and LXX	Kurt	00:06:31
Play 43	Fables LXXI and LXXII	Kurt	00:06:44
Play 44	Fables LXXIII and LXXIV	Sonia	00:02:37
Play 45	Fables LXXV and LXXVI	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:04:09
Play 46	Fables LXXVII and LXXVIII	Kurt	00:04:00
Play 47	Fables LXXIX and LXXX	Sonia	00:05:44
Play 48	Fables LXXXI and LXXXII	Sonia	00:03:09
Play 49	Fables LXXXIII and LXXXIV	Sonia	00:03:27
Play 50	Fables LXXXV and LXXXVI	Sonia	00:04:14
Play 51	Fables LXXXVII and LXXXVIII	Sonia	00:02:17
Play 52	Fables LXXXIX and XC	Greg Giordano	00:03:38
Play 53	Fables XCI and XCII	Sonia	00:02:41
Play 54	Fables XCIII and XCIV	Sonia	00:02:12
Play 55	Fables XCV and XCVI	Sonia	00:01:53
Play 56	Fables XCVII and XCVIII	Kurt	00:02:52
Play 57	Fables XCIX and C	Kurt	00:02:37
Play 58	Fables CI and CII	Kurt	00:03:31
Play 59	Fables CIII and CIV	Kurt	00:03:42
Play 60	Fables CV and CVI	Kurt	00:04:41
Play 61	Fables CVII and CVIII	Sonia	00:03:33
Play 62	Fables CIX and CX	Sonia	00:04:16
Play 63	Fables CXI and CXII	Kurt	00:02:22
Play 64	Fables CXIII and CXIV	Greg Giordano	00:04:46
Play 65	Fables CXV and CXVI	Greg Giordano	00:04:14
Play 66	Fables CXVII and CXVIII	Sonia	00:03:21
Play 67	Fables CXIX and CXX	Sonia	00:02:12
Play 68	Fables CXXI and CXXII	Kurt	00:03:23
Play 69	Fables CXXIII and CXXIV	Sonia	00:04:15
Play 70	Fables CXXV and CXXVI	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:06:12
Play 71	Fables CXXVII and CXXVIII	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:05:24
Play 72	Fables CXXIX and CXXX	thestorygirl	00:08:06
Play 73	Fables CXXXI and CXXXII	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:05:36
Play 74	Fables CXXXIII and CXXXIV	Sonia	00:04:14
Play 75	Fables CXXXV and CXXXVI	Kurt	00:06:55
Play 76	Fables CXXXVII and CXXXVIII	Sonia	00:04:33
Play 77	Fables CXXXIX and CXL	Kurt	00:06:47
Play 78	Fables CXLI and CXLII	Kurt	00:04:49
Play 79	Fables CXLIII and CXLIV	Nemo	00:04:16
Play 80	Fables CXLV and CXLVI	Jason in Panama	00:05:44
Play 81	Fables CXLVII and CXLVIII	Jason in Panama	00:07:31
Play 82	Fables CXLIX and CL	Kurt	00:03:20
Play 83	Fables CLI and CLII	Kurt	00:05:01
Play 84	Fables CLIII and CLIV	Kurt	00:04:36
Play 85	Fables CLV and CLVI	Sonia	00:03:42
Play 86	Fables CLVII and CLVIII	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:06:33
Play 87	Fables CLIX and CLX	Nemo	00:06:51
Play 88	Fables CLXI and CLXII	Kurt	00:04:58
Play 89	Fables CLXIII and CLXIV	Kurt	00:06:21
Play 90	Fables CLXV and CLXVI	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:05:06
Play 91	Fables CLXVII and CLXVIII	Kurt	00:06:27
Play 92	Fables CLXIX and CLXX	Sonia	00:05:38
Play 93	Fables CLXXI and CLXXII	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:05:16
Play 94	Fables CLXXIII and CLXXIV	Greg Giordano	00:08:56
Play 95	Fables CLXXV and CLXXVI	Greg Giordano	00:06:25
Play 96	Fables CLXXVII and CLXXVIII	Kurt	00:04:24
Play 97	Fables CLXXIX and CLXXX	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:07:04
Play 98	Fables CLXXXI and CLXXXII	Sonia	00:03:40
Play 99	Fables CLXXXIII and CLXXXIV	RogerMathewson	00:03:22
Play 100	Fables CLXXXV and CLXXXVI	Kurt	00:15:44
Play 101	Fables CLXXXVII and CLXXXVIII	Nemo	00:04:08
Play 102	Fables CLXXXIX and CXC	Sonia	00:03:35
Play 103	Fables CXCI and CXCII	Kurt	00:03:31
Play 104	Fables CXCIII and CXCIV	Kurt	00:06:59
Play 105	Fables CXCV and CXCVI	Sonia	00:05:43
Play 106	Fables CXCII and CXCIII	Kurt	00:06:50
Play 107	Fables CXCIX and CC	Kurt	00:03:30
Play 108	Fables CCI and CCII	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:04:14
Play 109	Fables CCIII and CCIV	BettyB	00:08:19
Play 110	Fables CCV and CCVI	BettyB	00:04:13
Play 111	Fables CCVII and CCVIII	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:05:24
Play 112	Fables CCIX and CCX	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:08:57
Play 113	Fables CCXI and CCXII	Kurt	00:06:59
Play 114	Fables CCXIII and CCXIV	Kurt	00:05:52
Play 115	Fables CCXV and CCXVI	Kurt	00:04:00
Play 116	Fables CCXVII and CCXVIII	Sonia	00:05:01
Play 117	Fables CCXIX and CCXX	Sonia	00:05:10
Play 118	Fables CCXXI and CCXXII	Nemo	00:04:44
Play 119	Fables CCXXIII and CCXXIV	RogerMathewson	00:05:39
Play 120	Fables CCXXV and CCXXVI	RogerMathewson	00:03:49
Play 121	Fables CCXXVII and CCXXVIII	Anthony Castellani	00:07:58
Play 122	Fables CCXXIX and CCXXX	Kurt	00:10:04
Play 123	Fables CCXXXI and CCXXXII	Nemo	00:05:05
Play 124	Fables CCXXXIII and CCXXXIV	Nemo	00:05:15
Play 125	Fables CCXXXV and CCXXXVI	Eva Davis (d. 2025)	00:06:49
Play 126	Fables CCXXXVII and CCXXXVIII	RogerMathewson	00:03:44
Play 127	Fables CCXXXIX and CCXL	tovarisch	00:08:05

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