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The Oak and the Reed, Jean de La Fontaine

The Oak and the Reed, Jean de La Fontaine

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  • Designed in France
  • Eco-friendly FSC-certified paper
  • Average delivery: 3 to 5 business days

« The oak one day said to the reed: You have good reason to accuse nature. »

Context of the work

In this 1668 fable, the oak, proud of its strength, despises the reed that bends at the slightest wind - until a storm uproots the oak, leaving the flexible reed intact. A praise of adaptability over rigidity.

What is the moral of "The Oak and the Reed"?

The fable shows that flexibility protects better than apparent strength: the reed that bends under the storm survives, while the oak, too rigid to yield, is uprooted. It is a praise of adaptability.

What format to choose for this poster of The Oak and the Reed?

This poster of The Oak and the Reed is available in 30 x 40 cm, 40 x 50 cm and 50 x 70 cm. The 30 x 40 cm is suitable for a hallway, an office or a gallery wall; the 50 x 70 cm stands alone above a sofa or a bed. The frame is not included, the formats are standard and can be found commercially.

Gift idea for a lover of literary wisdom, a teacher, or anyone who likes life lessons condensed into a few verses.

Features and formats

Available formats: 30 x 40 cm, 40 x 50 cm, 50 x 70 cm
Paper: thick eco-friendly matte paper
Printing: high resolution, color stable over time
Frame: not included
Print medium: poster, art print on matte paper
Theme: quote, poetry
Delivery: most orders arrive in 5 business days, careful packaging

When to give this print

The oak and the reed, the fable of resilience : a gift that says something. For a teacher at the end of the school year, for someone going through a storm, or for a study wall that needs the reminder. For Christmas or a retirement alike.

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We choose standard formats that are easy to frame!

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Close-up of the grain of our thick eco-friendly matte 170 gsm paper

Heure d'été Editions

Beautiful words deserve beautiful paper

These verses are set to be hung: a chosen typeface, measured margins, white space worked around the text. The paper, an uncoated matte 170 gsm, stays slightly fibrous: it reads like the page of a book.

There is a quiet pleasure in living with French literature in the original. The poem keeps the language it was written in, and with it the sound the writer chose, which no translation quite carries over. On an English-speaking wall it stops being decoration and becomes something with a little cachet: a piece of France you can read on your way past, every morning. It earns the large format. At 50x70 cm the text is read from across the room, and the page holds a wall the way a painting does.

  • Matte paper, 170 gsm
  • Eco-friendly, FSC certified
  • Printed close to you

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French poetry, old masters and ancient arts, chosen one by one.

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    Our illustrations are created in our studio and found nowhere else. The poems and masterpieces are hand-picked, one by one: a curated collection, not a catalogue.

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