Giambattista Basile's The tale of tales, or, Entertainment for little ones
Made up of forty-nine fairy tales within a fiftieth frame story, this title contains the earliest versions of celebrated stories like ""Rapunzel,"" ""All-Fur"", ""Hansel and Gretel"", ""The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg"", ""Sleeping Beauty"", and ""Cinderella"". It is a useful reading for fairy-tale scholars and those interested in cultural history.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xxx, 463 pages) : illustrations
9780814337387, 0814337384
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The tale of the ogre
The myrtle
Peruonto
Vardiello
The flea
The cinderella cat
The merchant
Goat-face
The enchanted doe
The old woman who was skinned
The crucible: eclogue
Petrosinella
Green meadow
Viola
Cagliuso
The serpent
The she-bear
The dove
The little slave girl
The padlock
The buddy
The dye: eclogue
Cannetella
Penta with the chopped-off hands
Face
Sapia Liccarda
The cockroach, the mouse, and the cricket
The garlic patch
Corvetto
The ignoramus
Rosella
The three fairies
The stove: eclogue
The rooster's stone
The two brothers
The three animal kings
The seven little pork rinds
The dragon
The three crowns
The two little pizzas
The seven little doves
The crow
Pride punished
The hook: eclogue
The goose
The months
Pretty as a picture
The golden trunk
Sun, moon, and Talia
Sapia
The five sons
Nennillo and Nennella
The three citrons
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