99 Fables.

By: March, WilliamContributor(s): Brough, Richard | Going, William TMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Library Alabama Classics SerPublisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (227 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780817385859Subject(s): FablesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: 99 FablesDDC classification: 818.52 LOC classification: PS3505.A53157 -- N5 1960ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Aesop and King Croesus -- 2. The Insulted Rabbit -- 3. The Escaped Elephant -- 4. The Persimmon Tree -- 5. The Young Poet and The Worm -- 6. The Bird and The Waterfall -- 7. The Criminal Female -- 8. The Sheep and The Soldiers -- 9. The Stableboy -- 10. The World and Its Redeemers -- 11. The Donkey and The Calf -- 12. White and Yellow Corn -- 13. The Two Stags -- 14. The Crow and The Parrot -- 15. The Mongoose and The Cobra -- 16. The Wasp and The Caterpillar -- 17. Nightingales and Mockingbirds -- 18. The Farmer and The Mink -- 19. The Farmer Boy and The Ladies -- 20. The Proud Queen -- 21. The Truthful Hawk -- 22. The Polecat and His Friends -- 23. The Democratic Bretts -- 24. The Distinguished and The Obscure -- 25. The Magician and The Peasants -- 26. The Kissless Lovebird -- 27. The Window and Her Son -- 28. The Wild Horses -- 29. The Elephants and The Antelopes -- 30. The Rigid Oak and The Flexible Reed -- 31. The King and His Successor -- 32. The Gull and The Earthquake -- 33. The Shepherd and His Monument -- 34. The Ditch -- 35. The Old Cow and The Heifers -- 36. The Bees' Honey -- 37. The Two Seals -- 38. The Beaver's House -- 39. The Peacock and His Bride -- 40. The Grasshoppers and Their Wealthy Neighbors -- 41. The Monkey Hill -- 42. The Dog and Her Rival -- 43. The Identical Crows -- 44. The Panther and the Woodcutter -- 45. Good News and Bad News -- 46. The Woodchuck and The Old Bones -- 47. The Turtle and The Geese -- 48. The Panthers, The Leopards, and The Jaguars -- 49. The Woodcutter and The Lion -- 50. The Hyena and The Badger -- 51. The Magician and The Mole -- 52. Man and His Natural Enemy -- 53. The Traitorous Jackal -- 54. The Tears of the Rich -- 55. Dishonored Prophets -- 56. The Wolves and The Work Animals -- 57. The Fat Woman and The Terrier.
58. The Murderer and His Moral Code -- 59. The King and The Bright Young Men -- 60. The King and The Outcast -- 61. The End of The World -- 62. The Snapping Turtle and The Wisteria Vine -- 63. The Screech Owl and The Farmer -- 64. The Queen and The Woodcutter's Wife -- 65. The King and The Plotters -- 66. The Sow With The Unlimited Milk -- 67. The Cock and The Capon -- 68. The Hangman and The Hero -- 69. The Doubting Ducks -- 70. The Pig and The Dirty Doves -- 71. The Mink and The Tame Animals -- 72. The Philosophical Lead-Ram -- 73. The Guinea Fowl and The Farmer -- 74. The Doctor and The Hippopotamus -- 75. Cowards and Fearless Men -- 76. The Visitor and The Razorback Hogs -- 77. The Lark and Her Nest -- 78. The Birthday of The Hermit -- 79. Men and The Other Animals -- 80. The Disasters -- 81. The Untouchable -- 82. The Nightingale That Listened To Men -- 83. The Miracle -- 84. The Rattlesnake and The Scorpion -- 85. The Squirrel and The Trees -- 86. The Fisherman and The Hen -- 87. The King and The Nature of Man -- 88. The Law of The Foxes -- 89. The Farmhand and His Judges -- 90. The Strangers -- 91. The Slave and The Cart Horse -- 92. The Fox and The Fur Piece -- 93. The Prophets and The Mountains -- 94. The Pious Mantis -- 95. The Prayer That Was Almost Answered -- 96. The Unspeakable Words -- 97. Aesop's Last Fable -- 98. Iadmon and Aesop -- 99. The Unique Quality of Truth.
Summary: "March has picked up where Aesop and Don Marquis left off, prick- ing vanities and exposing antics of chronic phonies. . . . Here are damning truths about the Noblest Animal, here is vitriol without venom. richard Brough catches the full flavor in his illustrations." -New York Times Book Review.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Aesop and King Croesus -- 2. The Insulted Rabbit -- 3. The Escaped Elephant -- 4. The Persimmon Tree -- 5. The Young Poet and The Worm -- 6. The Bird and The Waterfall -- 7. The Criminal Female -- 8. The Sheep and The Soldiers -- 9. The Stableboy -- 10. The World and Its Redeemers -- 11. The Donkey and The Calf -- 12. White and Yellow Corn -- 13. The Two Stags -- 14. The Crow and The Parrot -- 15. The Mongoose and The Cobra -- 16. The Wasp and The Caterpillar -- 17. Nightingales and Mockingbirds -- 18. The Farmer and The Mink -- 19. The Farmer Boy and The Ladies -- 20. The Proud Queen -- 21. The Truthful Hawk -- 22. The Polecat and His Friends -- 23. The Democratic Bretts -- 24. The Distinguished and The Obscure -- 25. The Magician and The Peasants -- 26. The Kissless Lovebird -- 27. The Window and Her Son -- 28. The Wild Horses -- 29. The Elephants and The Antelopes -- 30. The Rigid Oak and The Flexible Reed -- 31. The King and His Successor -- 32. The Gull and The Earthquake -- 33. The Shepherd and His Monument -- 34. The Ditch -- 35. The Old Cow and The Heifers -- 36. The Bees' Honey -- 37. The Two Seals -- 38. The Beaver's House -- 39. The Peacock and His Bride -- 40. The Grasshoppers and Their Wealthy Neighbors -- 41. The Monkey Hill -- 42. The Dog and Her Rival -- 43. The Identical Crows -- 44. The Panther and the Woodcutter -- 45. Good News and Bad News -- 46. The Woodchuck and The Old Bones -- 47. The Turtle and The Geese -- 48. The Panthers, The Leopards, and The Jaguars -- 49. The Woodcutter and The Lion -- 50. The Hyena and The Badger -- 51. The Magician and The Mole -- 52. Man and His Natural Enemy -- 53. The Traitorous Jackal -- 54. The Tears of the Rich -- 55. Dishonored Prophets -- 56. The Wolves and The Work Animals -- 57. The Fat Woman and The Terrier.

58. The Murderer and His Moral Code -- 59. The King and The Bright Young Men -- 60. The King and The Outcast -- 61. The End of The World -- 62. The Snapping Turtle and The Wisteria Vine -- 63. The Screech Owl and The Farmer -- 64. The Queen and The Woodcutter's Wife -- 65. The King and The Plotters -- 66. The Sow With The Unlimited Milk -- 67. The Cock and The Capon -- 68. The Hangman and The Hero -- 69. The Doubting Ducks -- 70. The Pig and The Dirty Doves -- 71. The Mink and The Tame Animals -- 72. The Philosophical Lead-Ram -- 73. The Guinea Fowl and The Farmer -- 74. The Doctor and The Hippopotamus -- 75. Cowards and Fearless Men -- 76. The Visitor and The Razorback Hogs -- 77. The Lark and Her Nest -- 78. The Birthday of The Hermit -- 79. Men and The Other Animals -- 80. The Disasters -- 81. The Untouchable -- 82. The Nightingale That Listened To Men -- 83. The Miracle -- 84. The Rattlesnake and The Scorpion -- 85. The Squirrel and The Trees -- 86. The Fisherman and The Hen -- 87. The King and The Nature of Man -- 88. The Law of The Foxes -- 89. The Farmhand and His Judges -- 90. The Strangers -- 91. The Slave and The Cart Horse -- 92. The Fox and The Fur Piece -- 93. The Prophets and The Mountains -- 94. The Pious Mantis -- 95. The Prayer That Was Almost Answered -- 96. The Unspeakable Words -- 97. Aesop's Last Fable -- 98. Iadmon and Aesop -- 99. The Unique Quality of Truth.

"March has picked up where Aesop and Don Marquis left off, prick- ing vanities and exposing antics of chronic phonies. . . . Here are damning truths about the Noblest Animal, here is vitriol without venom. richard Brough catches the full flavor in his illustrations." -New York Times Book Review.

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