Old Wives' Fables
Buying this book was a mistake, prompted by the title. This seems to be a collection of fairy stories or fairytales. I will quote from the archives of The Spectator: very lively stories, with, perhaps, just a touch of satire in them, which would be well away, for a fairy-tale ought to be absolutely...
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ftcreightonuniv:oai:dspace2-test.creighton.edu:10504/76102 2023-05-15T16:49:49+02:00 Old Wives' Fables Laboulaye, Édouard With two hundred and twenty-five illustrations 1883? http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76102 eng eng George Routledge and Sons London New York 10113 (Access ID) http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76102 PN982 .L33 1883 Tangential Book, Whole 1883 ftcreightonuniv 2016-12-03T23:30:16Z Buying this book was a mistake, prompted by the title. This seems to be a collection of fairy stories or fairytales. I will quote from the archives of The Spectator: very lively stories, with, perhaps, just a touch of satire in them, which would be well away, for a fairy-tale ought to be absolutely simple in intention, and never remind us of questions of the every-day world. Still, they are very amusing, and present us with a great variety of adventure. They come, too, from many parts of the world. Yvon, the hero of the first tale, is a Breton lad then there are Bohemian stories, and tales from Italy, Finland, Norway, and Iceland. 'Piff Paff, or the Art of Government : a Tale of All Lands,' is perhaps as clever as any, but then it is of the satirical kind. Listing it here may keep me others from seeking fables in this book. Edouard Laboulaye This is a hardbound book (hard cover) Original language: fre Other/Unknown Material Iceland Creighton University: Creighton Digital Repository (CDR) Norway Yvon ENVELOPE(70.283,70.283,-49.350,-49.350) |
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Buying this book was a mistake, prompted by the title. This seems to be a collection of fairy stories or fairytales. I will quote from the archives of The Spectator: very lively stories, with, perhaps, just a touch of satire in them, which would be well away, for a fairy-tale ought to be absolutely simple in intention, and never remind us of questions of the every-day world. Still, they are very amusing, and present us with a great variety of adventure. They come, too, from many parts of the world. Yvon, the hero of the first tale, is a Breton lad then there are Bohemian stories, and tales from Italy, Finland, Norway, and Iceland. 'Piff Paff, or the Art of Government : a Tale of All Lands,' is perhaps as clever as any, but then it is of the satirical kind. Listing it here may keep me others from seeking fables in this book. Edouard Laboulaye This is a hardbound book (hard cover) Original language: fre |
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With two hundred and twenty-five illustrations |
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Old Wives' Fables |
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Old Wives' Fables |
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George Routledge and Sons |
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1883 |
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ENVELOPE(70.283,70.283,-49.350,-49.350) |
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Iceland |
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Iceland |
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