![]() The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche (‘soul’ or ‘breath of life’) and Cupid (‘love’ or ‘desire’), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage. ![]() ![]() This edition of La Fontaine’s retelling of the story of Cupid and Psyche, originally from the second-century Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis, just about makes the grade. By the mid-1950s, and with eighty illustrated books to Bécat’s credit, quality French publishers were scraping the barrel to find appropriate texts for him to illustrate. ![]()
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