Book Cover of Kriloff's Fables

Kriloff's Fables

by Ivan Krylov

Herein is a collection of 86 fables translated into English from the 201 written by Kriloff. Some of Kriloff's fables are translations from La Fontaine, but most are original. In some, the foibles of the Russian nobility can be seen.

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Language

English

Original Language

Russian

Published In

1843

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Ivan Andreyevich Krylov is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalist, he only...

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