La Fontaine's Fables

Jean de La Fontaine was the most widely read French poet of the 17th century. An individual of curious contradictions – both in his life and his art – he is also to be thanked, more than any other writer, for our enduring love of tales such as ‘The Crow and the Fox’ and ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’. This new collector’s edition presents 50 of his fables, selected and illustrated by Quentin Blake, and introduced by Sarah Bakewell.