Forbidden Fruit - Selected Tales in Verse (Paperback, Fine Paper Edition)

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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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Imprint

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

February 1998

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Dimensions

197 x 130mm (L x W)

Format

Paperback - B-format

Pages

96

Edition

Fine Paper Edition

ISBN-13

978-1-86046-438-6

Barcode

9781860464386

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LSN

1-86046-438-6

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