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French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
Also known as: J. de La Fontaine, Jean de Lafontaine, Жан де Лафонтен, جون دو لافونتين, 장 드 라 퐁텐, ジャン・ド・ラ・フォンテーヌ
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- The golden asse of Lucius Apuleius (1897)
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