Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentamerone

Release date is 2000-05-01

How the tales came to be told -- The myrtle -- Peruonto -- Vardiello -- The flea -- Cenerentola -- The merchant -- Goat-face -- The enchanted doe -- Parsley -- The three sisters -- Violet -- Pippo -- The serpent -- The she-bear -- The dove -- Cannetella -- Corvetto -- The booby -- The stone in the cock's head -- The three enchanted princes -- The dragon -- The two cakes -- The seven doves -- The raven -- The months -- Pintosmalto -- The golden root -- Sun, Moon, and Talia -- Nennillo and Nennella -- The three citrons -- Conclusion.

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"Stories from the Pentamerone" by Giambattista Basile is a fairy tale collection published posthumously in 1634 and 1636. This groundbreaking work presents fifty Neapolitan tales told over five days through an elaborate frame story about a cursed princess who cannot laugh. Written in richly Baroque style, these stories preserve oral storytelling traditions and became the foundation for beloved tales later adapted by Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, including early versions of Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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