Stories from the Pentamerone

Giambattista Basile

• Children
• Book language: English
• 175 pages

Stories from the Pentamerone is a collection of fairy tales by Giambattista Basile, first published in 17th-century Naples in Neapolitan dialect. It gathers folk stories within a frame narrative, including early versions of tales such as Cenerentola and Sun, Moon, and Talia. Listeners can enjoy a foundational work of European fairy-tale tradition, full of wonder and wit.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.