The Facetious Nights of Straparola (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) by Giovanni Francesco Straparola

The Facetious Nights of Straparola (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Giovanni Francesco Straparola with Jules Garnier and Others (Illustrator), W. G. Waters (Translator)

666 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

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Giovanni Francesco (or Gianfrancesco) Straparola (c. 1480-c. 1557) was an Italian writer and fairy tale collector. He has been termed the progenitor of the literary form of the fairy tale in Europe. Charles Perrault borrowed most of his stories fr...

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