French Folktales
by Henri Pourrat
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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 show more 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. From the Trade Paperback edition. show lessTags
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I didn't read every story, but did work through most of them. A nice collection of folktales, many that were new to me.
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- Canonical title
- French Folktales
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- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 398.20944 — Society, Government, and Culture Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore & Folktales Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography European folktales Folklore of France
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- GR161 .P6213 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Folklore Folklore By region or country
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- Languages
- English
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