Italian Popular Tales

by Thomas Frederick Crane

A rich collection of Italian folk stories gathered from oral tradition: fairy tales, legends, and comic anecdotes from across the peninsula.

At a glance A treasury for lovers of folklore and the roots of storytelling. Long before the tales of the Italian countryside were ever written down, they lived on… This collection gathers that great oral wealth into a single volume, carefully… What it's about The book assembles a wide and varied range of Italian folk narratives…

The book assembles a wide and varied range of Italian folk narratives, from magical fairy stories and tales of enchantment and transformation to local legends, saints' tales, and short comic anecdotes full of country…