{"product_id":"2026770002017-secondhand-selected-fables","title":"Selected Fables","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cornerstone of French literary tradition, Selected Fables presents the timeless verse narratives of Jean de La Fontaine, drawn from his celebrated collections first published in the late seventeenth century. With elegant wit and moral precision, each fable animates a cast of animals and human archetypes — cunning foxes, vain crows, industrious ants — to illustrate the follies, virtues, and contradictions of human nature. La Fontaine masterfully adapts classical sources from Aesop and Phaedrus, transforming ancient wisdom into richly layered poems that operate simultaneously as entertainment and ethical instruction. The tone is at once playful and incisive, delivering sharp social commentary on ambition, flattery, and power with a lightness of touch that has captivated readers for centuries. A landmark of world literature, this selection remains as resonant and instructive today as when it first charmed the court of Louis XIV.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887834607835,"sku":"2026770002017-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/53f0328d-b5f1-466f-bc74-66bfb69e954d.png?v=1781746866","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770002017-secondhand-selected-fables","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}