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The 8 pages that link to Jean de La Fontaine, each with the reason it gives.

• FableRelated: His literary versions reshaped Aesopic stories for French readers.

• Aesop's FablesRelated: His versions made Aesopic plots influential in French literature.

• Charles PerraultRelated: La Fontaine and Perrault both transformed inherited stories for a sophisticated French readership.

• AesopRelated: His fables renewed Aesop’s stories for French literature and European readers.

• French Classical LiteratureRelated: He made inherited fable a supple vehicle for observation of human conduct.

• Madame d’AulnoyRelated: His fables and d’Aulnoy’s tales both refashioned inherited story material for literary audiences.

• François de MalherbeRelated: La Fontaine’s poetry emerged in a literary culture whose standards Malherbe had helped shape.

• Ivan KrylovRelated: La Fontaine’s versions were among the European precedents for Krylov’s fables.