The Facetious Nights of Straparola by Giovanni Francesco Straparola, W.G. Waters, Jules Garnier

The Facetious Nights of Straparola

Giovanni Francesco Straparola, W.G. Waters, Jules Garnier

666 pages • first pub 1550 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
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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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