The complete online text of Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Volume 15 by Jean de La Fontaine.

The French poet and man of letters Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was one of the great French classical authors. He preferred to work in relatively minor and unexploited genres, such as the fable and the verse tale. While he did not hesitate to borrow f...

Jean de La Fontaine is best known for his Fables choisies, mises en vers (Selected Fables, Put into Verse), published in twelve books from 1668 to 1693. Comprising more than two hundred short poems divided more or less evenly among the books, the collect...

La Fontaine's version of the loves of Cupid and Psyche is amusing, erotic and complex. Critically neglected for many years in favor of his less problematic Fables, Psyche has recently been granted an increase in critical attention. (1) Despite this renewal in interest, however,...

Français, de Michel Vigne, avec Lorànt Deutsch, Philippe Torreton, Sara Forestier, Jean-Claude Dreyfus. Premier long métrage sur le poète classique (1621-1695), cette réalisation somptueuse suit le double axe du biopic et de la fresque. Annoncé dans le titre, l'élément subversif de la poésie...