La Fontaine’s Fables

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La Fontaine’s Fables is a classic 17th-century collection of moral tales in verse by French poet Jean de La Fontaine, featuring animals and humans to satirize society and human nature.

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instanceOf fableCollection
literaryWork
poetryCollection
author Jean de La Fontaine
containsWork TheCatTheWeaselAndTheLittleRabbit
TheCicadaAndTheAnt
TheCrowAndTheFox
TheFoxAndTheStork
TheFrogThatWishedToBeAsBigAsTheOx
TheHareAndTheTortoise
TheMilkmaidAndHerPail
TheOakAndTheReed
TheTwoPigeons
TheWolfAndTheLamb
countryOfOrigin France
culturalSignificance canonicalWorkOfFrenchLiterature
educationalUse FrenchSchoolCurriculum
featuresCharacterType animals
humans
firstPublicationYear 1668
genre didacticLiterature
fable
satire
hasBeenAdaptedAs animatedFilms
illustratedBooks
theatrePlays
hasBeenTranslatedInto English
German
Spanish
hasMoralFunction criticizesSocialHypocrisy
illustratesConsequencesOfVices
teachesPracticalWisdom
hasPart FablesBookI
FablesBookII
FablesBookIII
FablesBookIV
FablesBookIX
FablesBookV
FablesBookVI
FablesBookVII
FablesBookVIII
FablesBookX
FablesBookXI
FablesBookXII
inspiredBy Aesop’s Fables
linked to: Aesop's fables

classicalAntiquityFables
intendedAudience courtSociety
generalPublic
literaryForm verse
literaryMovement FrenchClassicism
linked to: French classicism
mainTheme humanNature
morality
socialSatire
originalLanguage French
publicationCentury 17thCentury
usesDevice anthropomorphism

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Jean-Baptiste Oudry illustrated La Fontaine’s Fables
Jean de La Fontaine notableWork Fables de La Fontaine
linked to: La Fontaine’s Fables
Sabahattin Eyüboğlu translatedWork Works of La Fontaine
linked to: La Fontaine’s Fables