Stories and novellas in verse

History and novels in the verses of Jean de Lafonten (1621-1695), known in the whole world, first of all, as a Basinista, appeared in 1665, with Louis XIV, the king-sun, and had a deafening success, although they delayed it to the French Academy ( 1684) Sources of plots - narrator of different times and peoples: Bokcchcho, Margarita Navararskaya, Ariosto, Rabl, Makiavelli, and others, what the author does not think to hide, often directly indicating who one or another story is borrowed and considering the main advantage which is kept story ". Of the few dozen, which make up the collection, 21 poems entered this book, most of which will see the light in Russian for the first time. The book is intended to a wide circle of readers.
The articles made by Charl, Eisen for the original edition are used as illustrations