Author : Wallace Fowlie
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0486120279
Ten unusual stories: "Micromégas" by Voltaire; "The Atheist's Mass" by Balzac; "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler" by Flaubert; "Spleen of Paris" by Baudelaire; and more. English translations appear on facing pages.
Author : Wallace Fowlie
Publisher :
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 39,74 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Short stories, English
ISBN :
Author : Charles Perrault
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,35 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781015801677
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Author : Wallace Fowlie
Publisher : WWW.Snowballpublishing.com
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 32,88 MB
Release : 2012-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781607964216
Originally published in 1960 by Bantam, New York.
Author : Charles Perrault
Publisher :
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 35,49 MB
Release : 1697
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN :
Author : Wallace Fowlie
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 28,20 MB
Release : 2013-07-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781490954035
Ten unusual stories by French literary masters from Voltaire to Camus: "Micromégas" by Voltaire; "The Atheist's Mass" by Balzac; "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler" by Flaubert; "Spleen of Paris" by Baudelaire; "Minuet" by de Maupassant; "The Guest" by Camus; and more. Accurate English translations appear on facing pages.
Author : Giambattista Basile
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 18,57 MB
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780353598430
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Charles Perrault
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 27,49 MB
Release : 2014-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3736817975
Perrault's Fairy Tales was originaly written in 1697 by Charles Perrault. He was a French author and member of the Académie française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The Thirty Four Illustrations by Gustave Dore from the 'Volume Les Contes de Perrault Dessins' by Gustave Dore, 1867. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard). Many of Perrault's stories were rewritten by the Brothers Grimm, continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera, ballet (such as Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty), theatre, and film (Disney). Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th century French literary scene, and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns.
Author : Stanley Appelbaum
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 2006-06-23
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780486447131
These six riveting fantasy classics from the golden age of the French short story will keep you glued to your chair. Drawn from the genre's outstanding nineteenth-century writers, they range from the Romantic era to the rise of the Symbolists and Decadents. Presented chronologically by date of publication, they include Charles Nodier's "Trilby; or, The Elf of Argyll," Théophile Gautier's "The Amorous Dead Woman," "The Venus of Ille" by Prosper Mérimée, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's "Second Sight," and two tales by Guy de Maupassant, "A Divorce Case" and "Who Knows?" This dual-language book features accurate new English translations on pages facing the original French, an informative introduction, and explanatory footnotes. It opens a door for students of French language and literature—well as any other lover of fantasy—to explore the world of the eerie and unknown.
Author : Charles Perrault
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 2022-10-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781015572102
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