Jean de la Fontaine and His Fables (2021)
• August 22nd, 2021 • 0h 53min
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Overview
An account of the life of the French poet Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95), author of more than one hundred fables and a model for many other European fabulists of later times.
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