Jean de la Fontaine
French poet and fabulist (1621–1695), best known for Les Fables; an influential 17th-century writer and member of the Académie française.
Books
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1. Le Favole Di La Fontaine
A collection of concise, often comic fables in verse that use talking animals and simple incidents to expose human follies and ethical truths; each tale ends with a pointed moral, offering sharp social satire alongside practical lessons about ambition, selfishness, hypocrisy, friendship, and justice. Drawing on classical and folk sources, the pieces combine elegant poetic technique, irony, and vivid characterization to instruct and amuse, which accounts for their long-standing influence on moral education and literary tradition.