Quotes from Jean de La Fontaine's books, and about them
Eugénie Grandet on Fables: “The chairs, antique in shape, were covered with tapestry representing the fables of La Fontaine”
The Mystery of Edwin Drood on Fables: “will have the kindness to write out this evening, in the original language, the first four fables of our vivacious neighbour, Monsieur La Fontaine”
The Story of My Life on Fables: “I read La Fontaine's "Fables" first in an English translation, and enjoyed them only after a half-hearted fashion.”
The Aspirations of Jean Servien on Fables: “his favourites being La Fontaine's Fables, Anquetil's History of France, and Voltaire's Dictionnaire Philosophique”
Pale Fire on La Cigale et la Fourmi: “the same absurd mistake has been made by generations of translators of Lafontaine's La Cigale et la Fourmi”
Cousin Pons on Les Deux Amis: “But for La Fontaine's fable, Les Deux Amis, this sketch should have borne the title of The Two Friends; but to take the name of this divine story would surely be a deed of violence, a profanation from which every true man of letters would shrink.”
Riceyman Steps on Tales: “an eighteenth-century Dutch illustrated edition, octavo, of La Fontaine's Tales.”