Download or read book Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine - Complete written by Jean de La Fontaine and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 lyre of Malherbe, heard by accident, awoke in him the muse which slept.