Jean de La Fontaine

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Jean de La Fontaine : Fables

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A turtle, a raven, a hare, an ant, a lion, and even a milk pot: so many familiar figures that populate our imagination, among many others, regularly reappear, and that we all owe to the fabulous talent of Monsieur de La Fontaine. He is the prince of poets, who has been able to transform a somewhat rigid tradition, that of fable, into an exceptional art, which charms the ear while rejoicing the spirit, awakens the wo…

• Poetry

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Jean de La Fontaine : Selected Fables

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In this new volume of the "Classiques en images" twenty-three of the famous fables of La Fontaine, with the originality of being illustrated by a group of the best artists of Tokyo, under the direction of Pierre Barbouteau. Conserved at the Bibliothèque nationales de France, these Japanese prints revisit in a poetic and unexpected way this classic of which one does not tire.

• Young readers
• Poetry

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Jean de La Fontaine : The Loves of Cupid and Psyche

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In Les Amours de Psyche et de Cupid (1669), La Fontaine spreads an amazing talent as a prosateur, and by combining gallantry and grivoisery, hijacked a myth famous since Antiquity. In this madin tale, where emotion and joke are mixed together, precious impulses and satirical tips, evokes an "ambiguous sense of freshness and depth" (Paul Valéry).

• Supernatural
• Romance
• Humour