Jean de la Fontaine

Jean de la Fontaine

출생 : 1621-07-08, Château-Thierry, Aisne, France

사망 : 1695-04-13

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The most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages. -Wikipedia entry

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Jean de la Fontaine

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The Tortoise and the Hare
Novel
A telling of the classic tale about a foot race between a hare and a tortoise.
Lusty Liaisons II
Story
Series of erotic stories, inspired by La Fontaine's and Boccaccio's work.
Lusty Liaisons
Story
Series of erotic stories, inspired by La Fontaine's and Boccaccio's work.
Les contes de La Fontaine
Story
Four tales of Jean la Fontaine tell in a libertine way. The pleasure of infidelity is described in all forms: a woman seduced by her servant, a man seduce his servant, the wives of Messire Guillaume, and a bourgeois and a nun.
3 Fables of Love
Novel
"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the 17th-century French poet Jean de la Fontaine. The US cut usually features only 3 segments.
The Grasshopper and the Ant
Story
A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes he is not ready for winter and falls ill.
Cock o' the Walk
Story
The title character comes to town, complete with portable boxing ring. He grabs a local chicken and dances with her, inspiring several other barnyard animals to dance. But her rooster takes offense, and enters the ring to do battle.
Eva and the Grasshopper
Writer
Mary and Eva are best friends, although they couldn't be more different. Armand, Mary's fiancee, falls in love with the seductive Eva, who is busy becoming a revue star. When Eva fails and loses her money, Armand tries to help her out.
The Crow that wanted to imitate the Eagle
Original Story
A crow decides, for once, to treat itself the king's meal.