Classic Fables

by Jean de la Fontaine, Marc Chagall (Illustrator)

Classic Fables contains all 253 classic fables of Jean de La Fontaine interspersed with illustrations—many by famous artists such as Gustave Moreau and Gustave Doré—made over the course of the last two centuries to illustrate these enchanting tales. The illustrations include line drawings, gouaches, engravings, watercolors, lithographs, advertisements, and caricatures. These fables are masterpieces in any language. In his own time, La Fontaine was considered a vagabond, a dreamer, and a lover of pleasure for its own sake. Because of the universal nature of his fables, La Fontaine's poems about industrious ants, brave lions, and carefree grasshoppers are still widely read and quoted in English.

472 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

French writer Jean de la Fontaine collected the stories of Aesop and other persons in his Fables (1668-1694).

French literary figures, including Molière and Jean de la Fontaine, gathered at Auteuil, a favorite place.

People most widely read the famous poet Jean de la Fontaine of the 17th century.

According to Gustave Flaubert, only this poet understood and mastered the texture of the language before Victor Marie Hugo. A set of postage stamps, issued in 1995, celebrates la Fontaine. Jean de La Fontaine, le défi , a film, released in April 2007, starred Lorànt Deutsch of his life.

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