Fables for the Frivolous Fables for the Frivolous

Fables for the Frivolous

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Publisher Description

Fables for the Frivolous is one of the earliest works by the American parodist Guy Wetmore Carryl. These fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine's original writings. The Aesop-style fables are written in verse, and are light-hearted re-tellings of fables from two centuries before, each ending with a moral and a pun.

GENRE
Humour
RELEASED
1904
1 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
23
Pages
PUBLISHER
Public Domain
SELLER
Public Domain
SIZE
50.7
KB

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