Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac: “The chairs, antique in shape, were covered with tapestry representing the fables of La Fontaine”
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens: “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 by Helen Keller: “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 by Anatole France: “his favourites being La Fontaine's Fables, Anquetil's History of France, and Voltaire's Dictionnaire Philosophique”