French Legends, Tales, and Fairy Stories
by Barbara Leonie Picard
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France is full of folk tales and fairy stories. From the last stand of the knights, Roland and Oliver, through the legend of how the great stones of Britanny came into being, and on to the fairy story of the Mouse-Princess, there is something here for everyone. Tales of the French epic heroes, courtly tales from the middle ages, and various legends from the French provinces are retold by a distinguished storyteller.Tags
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Not the Perrault stories, (which I expected) but the more chivalric ones like Roland. So it's not Sleeping-Beauty-for-the-umpteenth-time. This is aimed at children, but the stories are told in a clear and unpatronising voice and it works well as an adult read.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- French Legends, Tales, and Fairy Stories
- Original publication date
- 1955
- First words
- In the days of the Emperor Charlemagne, Charles the Great of the Franks, who ruled France and Germany and fought so mightily against the enemies of Christendom, there lived a count named Girard.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Kids, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 398.20944 — Society, government, & culture Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore & Folktales Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography European folktales Folklore of France
- LCC
- PZ8.1 .P6 .F — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 69
- Popularity
- 454,826
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 6
