Jean de La Fontaine

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born

in Château-Thierry, Champagne, France

July 08, 1621

died

April 13, 1695

gender

male

genre

Poetry

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Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.

According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Hugo. A set of postage stamps celebrating La Fontaine and the Fables was issued by France in 1995. A film of his life was released in France in April 2007 (Jean de La Fontaine - le défi starring Laurent Deutsch).

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Jean de La Fontaine's Books

Average rating: 3.93 · 3,127 ratings · 55 reviews · 104 distinct works · Similar authors

	Fables 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 2,936 ratings — published 1668 — 160 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Fables by Jean de La Fontaine, Geoffrey Grigson (Introduction), J.J. Grandville (Illustrations) 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1966 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Fables by Jean de La Fontaine, Alexander Calder (Illustrator), Eunice Clark (Translator) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marc Chagall: The Fables of LA Fontaine 4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1997	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rich Man and the Shoemaker by Jean de La Fontaine, Bernadette Watts 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifty Fables of La Fontaine by Jean de La Fontaine, Alan J. Robinson (Illustrator), Norman R. Shapiro (Translator) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Amours de Psyche Et de Cupidon by Jean de La Fontaine, Michel Jeanneret 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contes libertins 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tortoise And The Hare 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks (Illustrated Edition) by Jean de La Fontaine, John Rae (Illustrator) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Jean de La Fontaine

La Fontaine aux fables (1 book)
by Jean de La Fontaine
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Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine

“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
― Jean de La Fontaine, Fables

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“Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.”
― Jean de La Fontaine

tags: friendship

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“Sadness flies away on the wings of time. ”
― Jean de La Fontaine

tags: heartache

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