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Did Jean de la Fontaine have any competitors during his career?

  • No

  • Yes

  • He was the only fabulist

  • There were only poets

Answer

Yes, Jean de la Fontaine had some competitors during his career. One of his most notable competitors was Charles Perrault, who was also a poet and author of fables. Perrault's fables were published in 1667, two years after La Fontaine's first collection of fables was published.
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