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French Folktales

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Selected from Henri Pourrat's classic Le tresor des contes, one of the finest folktale collections in the world, these one-hundred-odd legends, fairy tales, devotional pieces, jokes, and animal stories from the rural provinces of France comprise a magical volume. Fairies, changelings, giants, demons, bumpkins, knaves, bewitched and bewitching princesses, bandits, and others enact stories of perilous tests of love, contests with the devil, the beneficence of saints, and more.Royall Tyler's translation deftly captures the vigor and resonance of the originals, and his cogent introduction illuminates for the reader the earthy, chilling, mischievous, and mystical realm these tales evoke.

Contents:
Fairy enchantments
The devil
Bandits
Around the village
The mad and the wise
Bestiary
Love and marriage

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pantheon

Release: January 13, 1994

ISBN: 0679748334

ISBN 13: 9780679748335

French Folktales

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Selected from Henri Pourrat's classic Le tresor des contes, one of the finest folktale collections in the world, these one-hundred-odd legends, fairy tales, devotional pieces, jokes, and animal stories from the rural provinces of France comprise a magical volume. Fairies, changelings, giants, demons, bumpkins, knaves, bewitched and bewitching princesses, bandits, and others enact stories of perilous tests of love, contests with the devil, the beneficence of saints, and more.Royall Tyler's translation deftly captures the vigor and resonance of the originals, and his cogent introduction illuminates for the reader the earthy, chilling, mischievous, and mystical realm these tales evoke.

Contents:
Fairy enchantments
The devil
Bandits
Around the village
The mad and the wise
Bestiary
Love and marriage

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pantheon

Release: January 13, 1994

ISBN: 0679748334

ISBN 13: 9780679748335

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