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Jean de La Fontaine

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jean de La Fontaine , 1621-95, French poet, whose celebrated fables place him among the masters of world literature. He was born at Château-Thierry to a bourgeois family. A restless dilettante as a youth, he settled at last in Paris. His marriage (1647) terminated in 1658, and from 1673 to 1693 he lived in the household of Mme de La Sablière, one of his several patrons. La Fontaine's masterpiece is the collection of Fables choisies, mises en vers [selected fables versified] (1668-94), comprising 12 books of some 230 fables drawn largely from Aesop. Each fable is a short tale of... Read more
Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine The French poet and man of letters Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was one of the great French classical...freely from other writers, both ancient and modern, Jean de La Fontaine nevertheless created a style and a poetic universe... Read more
La Fontaine, Jean de
La Fontaine, Jean de (1621–95) French poet noted for his fables, which are considered among the masterpieces of French literature. La Fontaine's Fables choisies, mises en vers (1668–94) consists of 12 books featuring some 240 fables. In 1683, he was elected to the... Read more

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