Reynard the Fox and Other Fables

Reynard the Fox and Other Fables"Some folks say Reynard the Fox is a rascal. They will tell you he is sly, and up to all sorts of tricks. He prowls around at night, smelling the air with his long nose, and listening with his long ears; and when he has done prowling, you may be pretty sure he is not as hungry as when he set out." So begins "How Reynard the Fox Fooled the Raven," the first of these eighteen enchanting stories. The adventures of Reynard, the great folkloric trickster,

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This archive of masterworks by the renowned illustrator — all reproduced from rare early editions — contains 55 of his most beguiling images

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and the fascinating tale of its decipherment by Young

this volume is equally suited to classroom use and independent study

written in fifteenth-century Florence

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Thomas Hardy's "Squire Petrick's Lady" (1891)

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even the most competent sleight-of-hand artist can fall short in performance

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