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Now a major motion picture starring Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Toby Jones, and Vincent Cassel- a rollicking, bawdy, fantastical cycle of 50 fairy tales told by 10 storytellers over 5 days Before the Brothers Grimm, before Charles Perrault, before Hans Christian Andersen, there... Read Full Overview

First published in two volumes in 1634 and 1636, "The Pentamerone", or "The Tale of Tales", by the Italian poet Giambattista Basile is acknowledged as one of the first collections of fairy tales. Basile's collection was written in the Neapolitan language, which is a Romance... Read Full Overview

The first unabridged English translation taken directly from Basile's monumental Lo cunto de li cunti (1634-1636), this edition is fully annotated and illustrated, with an extensive bibliography.

The Tale of Tales, made up of forty-nine fairy tales within a... Read Full Overview

The Tale of Tales, made up of forty-nine fairy tales within a fiftieth frame story, contains the earliest versions of celebrated stories like Rapunzel, All-Fur, Hansel and Gretel, The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. The tales are bawdy and irreverent... Read Full Overview

We are proud to publish the first Neapolitan/English dual-language book, making Neapolitan accessible to a broader public.

Neapolitan was the national language of the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies before the unification of Italy, and it is still... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

A classic collection of fairy tales from the Italian tradition, full of wit, humor, and imagination. Basile's storytelling is as enchanting now as it was when it was first published over four hundred years ago.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Il Pentamerone V1: Or The Tale Of Tales (1893) di Giovanni Battista Basile ����� un libro che raccoglie una serie di fiabe popolari italiane. Basile, nato nel 1575, fu un autore e poeta italiano noto per aver raccolto e trascritto molte delle... Read Full Overview

Il Pentamerone V1: Or The Tale Of Tales (1893) di Giovanni Battista Basile ����� una raccolta di fiabe italiane del XVII secolo. Il libro contiene cinquanta fiabe, molte delle quali sono state adattate in altre opere famose come Cenerentola... Read Full Overview

The Pentamerone, also known as The Story of Stories, is a collection of fairy tales written by the Italian author Giambattista Basile and first published in 1634. The book contains fifty tales, many of which are variations on well-known stories such as Cinderella and Sleeping... Read Full Overview