Jean de La Fontaine
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Jean de La Fontaine was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across
Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, 1755–59 at Waddesdon Manor
Facsimile of one of the very few manuscripts by Jean de La Fontaine
Grave of Jean de La Fontaine, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
An illustration of "Les Médecins" (Fable V.12) by Gustave Doré, 1866
Fable
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Fable is a literary genre defined as a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphise
Jean de La Fontaine
…Jean de La Fontaine (UK: , US: ; French: ; 8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists…
Anthropomorphic cat guarding geese, Egypt, c. 1120 BCE
Printed image of the fable of the blacksmith and the dog from the sixteenth century