Il Pentamerone, Volume 1

Giambattista Basile

Henry and Company, 1893

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Review: Il Pentamerone: The Tale of Tales

User Review  - Lindsey - Goodreads

Interesting collection of stories, with flavors of both the West and the East (though, thank heaven, with fewer "May he live forevers" than the Arabian Nights). A notable difference from the Grimm ...

Review: Il Pentamerone: The Tale of Tales

User Review  - Kate - Goodreads

Early versions of fairy tales (aka Kate's crack)

Contents

• Second Day: 139
• EclogueThe Dye: 224
• Third Day: 237

Bibliographic information

• Title: Il Pentamerone, Volume 1; Il Pentamerone, Sir Richard Francis Burton
• Author: Giambattista Basile
• Translated by: Sir Richard Francis Burton
• Publisher: Henry and Company, 1893
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Feb 22, 2008