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The nights of Straparola, volume 1 [of 2]

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The nights of Straparola, volume 1 [of 2]

by Giovanni Francesco Straparola

EN·~11 hours·12 chapters

Chapters

12 total

Transcriber’s Note:

0:12

THE NIGHTS OF STRAPAROLA

6:31

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. I.

0:37

Introduction.

37:46

Orfeo dalla Carta to all delightful and lovesome ladies, greeting.

2:14

Proem.

0:05

Book the First.

11:05

Night the First.

1:49:34

Night the Second.

1:42:29

Night the Third.

2:33:47

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Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Facetious_Nights_of_Straparola

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Release date

2025-01-31

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Public domain in the USA.

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Subjects

Tales -- Italy Fairy tales -- Italy PQ

About the author

Giovanni Francesco Straparola

An early master of the framed tale, this 16th-century Italian writer helped carry folktales from oral tradition into print. His best-known book, The Pleasant Nights, gathered witty stories, novellas, and some of the earliest recorded European fairy tales.

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