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100 1 _aLa Fontaine, Jean de,
_d1621-1695
245 1 4 _aThe Fables of La Fontaine :
_bTranslated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Fontaine%27s_Fables
500 _aRelease date is 2015-10-26
508 _aProduced by Madelaine Kilsby, Laura Natal Rodriguez and Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Hathi Trust and Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France, for the illustrations)
520 _a"The Fables of La Fontaine" by Jean de La Fontaine is a collection of fables published between 1668 and 1694. La Fontaine adapted tales from Western and Eastern sources into French free verse, creating 239 fables across twelve books. Originally aimed at adults, these humorous and ironical stories draw from Aesop, Indian sources, and contemporary events. Each fable offers keen insights into human nature through animal characters and pointed morals. The work became a cornerstone of French literature, memorized by generations of schoolchildren and celebrated for its artful storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFables, French -- Translations into English
700 1 _aDoré, Gustave,
_d1832-1883
700 1 _aThornbury, Walter,
_d1828-1876
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50316
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