La Fontaine, Jean de 1621-1695 creator Grandville, J. J. 1803-1847 text utu 2018 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Fables de La Fontaine" by Jean de La Fontaine is a collection of allegorical fables published between 1668 and 1694. These 243 tales, inspired by ancient fabulists like Aesop and Phaedrus, feature anthropomorphic animals and contain moral lessons both explicit and implicit. La Fontaine invented a new literary genre that broke from traditional didactic forms, using style and wit as teaching tools. The fables became a cornerstone of French classical literature and an essential part of education in France, used by Jesuit teachers and later integrated into primary school curricula through the twentieth century. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Fontaine%27s_Fables Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fables_de_La_Fontaine Release date is 2018-01-07 Produced by Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Original publication data not identified Aesop's fables -- Adaptations Fables, Greek -- Adaptations Fables, French PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56327 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56327 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134310.0 56327