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Tales of Languedoc / Samuel Jacques Brun ; with an introduction by Harriet W. Preston ; illustrations by Ernest C. Peixotto.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brun, Samuel Jacques, author.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Youth.
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Folklore--France--Languedoc--Juvenile fiction.
- Folklore.
- Tales--France--Languedoc--Juvenile fiction.
- Tales.
- Knights and knighthood--Juvenile fiction.
- Knights and knighthood.
- Children's stories.
- Youth--Conduct of life.
- France--Juvenile fiction.
- France.
- France--Languedoc.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Stanford edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : William Doxey, 1896.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A collection of folktales from the South of France, presented as if being narrated by different storytellers, including "The Story of the Three Strong Men," "A Blind Man's Story," and "The Marriage of Monsieur Arcanvel."
- Contents:
- My grandfather's tour of France
- How young Anglas became a marquis
- The china-vender of Quissac
- The adventures of Mèsté Règé
- The story of the three strong men
- The hautboy player of Ventabrén
- Cypeyre of St. Clément and Lou Douna of Lecques
- A blind man's story
- The marriage of Monsieur Arcanvel.
- Notes:
- "Stanford edition limited to one hundred and fifty copies. No. 116."
- Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- OCLC:
- 620117986
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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