Quotes and Images From The Tales and Novels of Jean de La Fontaine
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Quotes and Images From The Tales and Novels of Jean de La Fontaine
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Quotes and Images From The Tales and Novels of Jean de La Fontaine
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LIFE OF JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Jean de La Fontaine was born on the 8th of July, 1621, at Chateau-Thierry, and his family held a respectable position there. His education was neglected, but he had received that genius which makes amends for all. While still young the tedium of society led him into retirement, from which a taste for independence afterwards withdrew him. He had reached the age of twenty-two, when a few sounds from the
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