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Jean De La Fontaine
Books by Jean De La Fontaine
La Fontaine's Bawdy
Of Libertines, Louts, and Lechers
Illustrated by David Schorr / Translated by Norman R. Shapiro
The Contes et nouvelles en vers of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) were published at various times throughout his life, often these works threatened to get him in trouble with both Church and Academie. This translation covers the entire corpus in all their variety. The mildly suggestive mingle wi...