Italian Popular Tales

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Author

Crane, Thomas Frederick, 1844-1927

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E-text prepared by Cathy Smith, Chloe P. H. Lewis, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Tales -- Italy

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Text

eBook-No.

23634

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23634

Release Date

November 26, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ITALIAN POPULAR TALES — BY
2. 2.THOMAS FREDERICK CRANE, A. M. — To
3. 3.GIUSEPPE PITRÈ.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.INTRODUCTION.
7. 7.BIBLIOGRAPHY.
8. 8.LIST OF STORIES.
9. 9.ITALIAN POPULAR TALES
10. 10.CHAPTER I. — FAIRY TALES. — I. THE KING OF LOVE. — II. ZELINDA AND THE MONSTER. — III. KING BEAN. — IV. THE DANCING WATER, THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE SPEAKING BIRD. [9] — V. THE FAIR ANGIOLA. — VI. THE CLOUD. — VII. THE CISTERN. — VIII. THE GRIFFIN. — IX. CINDERELLA. — X. FAIR MARIA WOOD. — XI. THE CURSE OF THE SEVEN CHILDREN. — XII. ORAGGIO AND BIANCHINETTA. — XIII. THE FAIR FIORITA. — XIV. BIERDE. — XV. SNOW-WHITE-FIRE-RED. — XVI. HOW THE DEVIL MARRIED THREE SISTERS. — XVII. IN LOVE WITH A STATUE. — XVIII. THIRTEENTH. — XIX. THE COBBLER.
11. 11.CHAPTER II. — FAIRY TALES CONTINUED. — XXV. THE KING WHO WANTED A BEAUTIFUL WIFE. — XXVI. THE BUCKET. — XXVII. THE TWO HUMPBACKS. — XXVIII. THE STORY OF CATHERINE AND HER FATE. — XXIX. THE CRUMB IN THE BEARD. — XXX. THE FAIRY ORLANDA. — XXXI. THE SHEPHERD WHO MADE THE KING'S DAUGHTER LAUGH. — XXXII. THE ASS THAT LAYS MONEY. — XXXIII. DON JOSEPH PEAR. — XXXV. FAIR BROW. — XXXVI. LIONBRUNO.
12. 12.CHAPTER III. — STORIES OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN. — XXXVII. THE PEASANT AND THE MASTER. — XXXVIII. THE INGRATES. — XXXIX. THE TREASURE. — XL. THE SHEPHERD. — XLI. THE THREE ADMONITIONS. — XLII. VINEYARD I WAS AND VINEYARD I AM. — XLIII. THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS. — XLIV. THE MASON AND HIS SON. — XLV. THE PARROT ( First Version ). — XLVI. THE PARROT. ( Second Version. ) — XLVII. THE PARROT WHICH TELLS THREE STORIES. — ( Third Version. ) — FIRST STORY OF THE PARROT. — SECOND STORY OF THE PARROT. — THIRD STORY OF THE PARROT. — XLVIII. TRUTHFUL JOSEPH.
13. 13.CHAPTER IV. — LEGENDS AND GHOST STORIES. — L. THE LORD, ST. PETER, AND THE APOSTLES. — LI. THE LORD, ST. PETER, AND THE BLACKSMITH. — LII. IN THIS WORLD ONE WEEPS AND ANOTHER LAUGHS. — LIII. THE ASS. — LIV. ST. PETER AND HIS SISTERS. — LV. PILATE. — LVI. THE STORY OF JUDAS. — LVII. DESPERATE MALCHUS. — LVIII. MALCHUS AT THE COLUMN. — LIX. THE STORY OF BUTTADEU. — LX. THE STORY OF CRIVÒLIU. — LXI. THE STORY OF ST. JAMES OF GALICIA. — LXII. THE BAKER'S APPRENTICE. — LXIII. OCCASION. — LXIV. BROTHER GIOVANNONE. — LXV. GODFATHER MISERY. — LXVI. BEPPO PIPETTA. — LXVII. THE JUST MAN. — LXVIII. OF A GODFATHER AND A GODMOTHER OF ST. JOHN WHO MADE LOVE. — LIX. THE GROOMSMAN — LXX. THE PARISH PRIEST OF SAN MARCUOLA. — LXXI. THE GENTLEMAN WHO KICKED A SKULL. — LXXIII. SADDAEDDA.
14. 14.CHAPTER V. — NURSERY TALES. — LXXIV. MR. ATTENTIVE. — LXXV. THE STORY OF THE BARBER. — LXXVI. DON FIRRIULIEDDU. — LXXVII. LITTLE CHICK-PEA. [A] — LXXVIII. PITIDDA. — LXXIX. THE SEXTON'S NOSE. — LXXX. THE COCK AND THE MOUSE. — LXXXI. GODMOTHER FOX. [A] — LXXXII. THE CAT AND THE MOUSE. — LXXXIII. A FEAST DAY. — LXXXIV. THE THREE BROTHERS. — LXXXV. BUCHETTINO. — LXXXVI. THE THREE GOSLINGS. — LXXXVII. THE COCK. — LXXXVIII. THE COCK THAT WISHED TO BECOME POPE.
15. 15.CHAPTER VI. — STORIES AND JESTS. — XCI. THE COOK. — XCII. THE THOUGHTLESS ABBOT. — XCIII. BASTIANELO. — XCIV. CHRISTMAS. — XCV. THE WAGER. — XCVI. SCISSORS THEY WERE. — XCVII. THE DOCTOR'S APPRENTICE. — XCVIII. FIRRAZZANU'S WIFE AND THE QUEEN. — XCIX. GIUFÀ AND THE PLASTER STATUE. — C. GIUFÀ AND THE JUDGE. — CI. THE LITTLE OMELET. — CII. EAT, MY CLOTHES! — CIII. GIUFÀ'S EXPLOITS. — CIV. THE FOOL. — CV. UNCLE CAPRIANO. — CVII. THE CLEVER PEASANT. — CVIII. THE CLEVER GIRL. — CIX. CRAB.
16. 16.NOTES. — INTRODUCTION. — CHAPTER I. — FAIRY TALES. — XX. SIR FIORANTE, MAGICIAN. — XXI. THE CRYSTAL CASKET. — XXII. THE STEPMOTHER. — XXIII. WATER AND SALT. — XXIV. THE LOVE OF THE THREE ORANGES. — CHAPTER II. — FAIRY TALES CONTINUED. — XXXIV. PUSS IN BOOTS. — CHAPTER III. — STORIES OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN. — XLIX. THE MAN, THE SERPENT, AND THE FOX. — CHAPTER IV. — LEGENDS AND GHOST STORIES. — LXXII. THE GOSSIPS OF ST. JOHN. — CHAPTER V. — NURSERY TALES. — ONCE UPON A TIME. — ONE AND ANOTHER. — LXXXIX. THE GOAT AND THE FOX. — PEPPER-CORN. — XC. THE ANT AND THE MOUSE. — CHAPTER VI. — STORIES AND JESTS. — CVI. PETER FULLONE AND THE EGG.
17. 17.LIST OF WORKS MOST FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO IN THE NOTES.
18. 18.INDEX.

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