
Stories from Pentamerone
by - Giambattista Basile
NOTE
I. HOW THE TALES CAME TO BE TOLD
II. THE MYRTLE
III. PERUONTO
IV. VARDIELLO
V. THE FLEA
VI. CENERENTOLA
VII. THE MERCHANT
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (415K characters)
Release date
2000-05-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

d. 1632
Best known for shaping some of Europe’s earliest literary fairy tales, this Neapolitan writer mixed courtly style, sharp humor, and folklore in ways that still feel lively today. His stories, gathered in The Tale of Tales, helped lay groundwork for later fairy-tale traditions.
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