**Translation realigned with original, 2014** Jean de La Fontaine was one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. Born in Chateau-Thierry in 1621, his literary career did not truly begin until he was in his thirties and spending most of his time in the French capital, Paris. Among La Fontaine's most famous works are his collections of fables, issued in several volumes between 1668 and 1694. The earliest of these books, from which the current collection was drawn, were mostly adapted from the works of Aesop, Babrius, and Phaedrus. La Fontaine initially wrote his rhyming...
**Translation realigned with original, 2014** Jean de La Fontaine was one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. Born in Chate...
