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100 1 _aStraparola, Giovanni Francesco
245 1 4 _aThe nights of Straparola, volume 1 [of 2]
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Facetious_Nights_of_Straparola
500 _aRelease date is 2025-01-31
508 _aRichard Tonsing, Tim Lindell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"The Nights of Straparola, Volume 1" by Giovanni Francesco Straparola is a rich collection of fables and stories written in the mid-16th century. The work serves as a foundational piece in the history of European fairy tales, blending various themes from folklore, morality, and courtly life. It features a colorful cast of characters, including noble figures and common folk, who navigate through moral lessons often established through both humor and misadventure. The beginning of "The Nights of Straparola" introduces readers to a charming assembly of characters—including the graceful Lucretia and her entourage of beautiful maidens—who gather in a splendid palace to share stories during the Carnival season. The tales are brought to life through their vivid narratives, starting with a fable about Salardo, a young man who defies the wise injunctions left by his deceased father, leading to a series of comedic and tragic misfortunes. The stories are structured around humor and moral teachings, and set the stage for the rich storytelling tradition that Straparola advocates, proving to be both entertaining and thought-provoking as the characters grapple with notions of love, loyalty, and folly. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Lawrence and Bullen, 1894
653 _aTales -- Italy
653 _aFairy tales -- Italy
700 1 _aHughes, Edward Robert,
_d1851-1914
700 1 _aWaters, W. G.
_q(William George),
_d1844-1928
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/nightsofstraparo01stra/page/n8
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75257
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