Contes et nouvelles en vers

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Contes et nouvelles en vers is a collection of verse tales and short stories by Jean de La Fontaine, known for its witty, often risqué adaptations of classical and Italian novellas into French poetic form.

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instanceOf poetry collection
short story collection
work of French literature
author Jean de La Fontaine NERFINISHED
authorBirthName Jean de La Fontaine NERFINISHED
authorNationality French
authorOfWork Jean de La Fontaine NERFINISHED
basedOn Italian novellas
classical tales
contains short stories
verse tales
countryOfOrigin France
firstPublicationCentury 17th century
genre nouvelles
verse tale
hasAdaptationForm French poetic form
hasPart individual contes
nouvelles en vers
influencedBy Italian Renaissance literature
classical antiquity tales
language French
literaryForm narrative poetry
literaryMovement French classicism NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED
literaryTradition French conte en vers
notableFor adaptation of Italian novellas into French verse
erotic and gallant tone
originalTitle Contes et nouvelles en vers NERFINISHED
style risqué
witty
subjectMatter gallantry
love
satire of manners

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