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Jean de La Fontaine

Born

in Château-Thierry, Champagne, France

July 08, 1621

Died

April 13, 1695

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: 3.99 · 16,538 ratings · 461 reviews · 951 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fables 4.03 avg rating — 14,197 ratings — published 1668 — 1047 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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, Christopher Betts (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 1668 — 129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 World is Full of Foolish Men 3.61 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 1694 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 de La Fontaine Tome Premier 3.99 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1668 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Psyché Et de Cupidon by Jean de La Fontaine, Michel Jeanneret 3.48 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1960 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 de La Fontaine Tome Second 4.04 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1860 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.08 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1979 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	As Mais Belas Fábulas de La Fontaine 4.17 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1668 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Oeuvres complètes - Les 425 fables, contes et pièces de théâtre 3.82 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2013 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 James Robinson (Illustrator), Norman R. Shapiro (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1988 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 (3 books)
by

Jean de La Fontaine,

Γαβριήλ Τομπαλίδης (μετάφραση),

Τατιάνα Ραπακούλια (μετάφραση)

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Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine (?)

“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”
― Jean de La Fontaine

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“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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