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Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete

J. DE LA FONTAINE

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CONTENTS

LA FONTAINE'S LIFE

PREFACE

Joconde

The Cudgelled and Contented Cuckold

The Husband Confessor

The Cobbler

The Peasant and His Angry Lord

The Muleteer

The Servant Girl Justified

The Three Gossips' Wager

The Old Man's Calendar

The Avaricious Wife and Tricking Gallant

The Jealous Husband

The Gascon Punished

The Princess Betrothed to the King of Garba

The Magick Cup

The Falcon

The Little Dog

The Eel Pie

The Magnificent

The Ephesian Matron

Belphegor

The Little Bell

The Glutton

The Two Friends

The Country Justice

Alice Sick

The Kiss Returned

Sister Jane

An Imitation of Anacreon

Another Imitation of Anacreon

PREFACE (To The Second Book)

Friar Philip's Geese

Richard Minutolo

The Monks of Catalonia

The Cradle

St. Julian's Prayer

The Countryman Who Sought His Calf

Hans Carvel's Ring

The Hermit

The Convent Gardener of Lamporechio

The Mandrake

The Rhemese

The Amorous Courtesan

Nicaise

The Progress of Wit

The Sick Abbess

The Truckers

The Case of Conscience

The Devil of Pope-fig Island

Feronde

The Psalter

King Candaules and the Doctor of Laws

The Devil in Hell

Neighbour Peter's Mare

The Spectacles

The Bucking Tub

The Impossible Thing

The Picture

The Pack-Saddle

The Ear-maker, and the Mould-mender

The River Scamander

The Confidant Without Knowing It, or the Stratagem

The Clyster

The Indiscreet Confession

The Contract

The Quid Pro Quo, or the Mistakes

The Dress-maker

The Gascon

The Pitcher

To Promise is One Thing, to Keep It, Another

The Nightingale

Epitaph of La Fontaine

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