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A Tale of a Tub
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A Tale of Two Cities
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Firebird
FIREBIRD The Firebird (Zhar–ptitsa ) is one of the most colorful legendary animal figures of Russian magical tales (fairy tales). With golden feathers and eyes like crystals, she is a powerful source of light, and even one of her feathers can illuminate a whole room. Sometimes she functions... Read more |
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tale
tale a tale never loses in the telling proverbial saying, mid 16th century, implying that a story is often exaggerated when it is repeated.a tale of a tub an apocryphal story; mid 16th century. The phrase was used as the title of a comedy (1633) by Ben Jonson, and then in 1696 (published 1704) as... Read more |
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Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault , 1628-1703, French poet. His collections of eight fairy tales, Histoires ou contes du temps passé [stories or tales of olden times] (1697) gave classic form to the traditional stories of Bluebeard, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Little Red Ridinghood, and... Read more |
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Mabinogion
Mabinogion , title given to a collection of medieval Welsh stories. Scholars differ as to the meaning of the word mabinogion: some think it to be the plural of the Welsh word mabinogi, which means "youthful career" ; others think it derives from the Welsh word mabinog, meaning "aspirant... Read more |
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The Tale of Gamelyn
Gamelyn, The Tale of, a verse romance of the mid-14th cent. from the East Midlands, in 902 lines of long couplets. It is found in a number of manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales, usually assigned to the Cook, and Chaucer possibly intended to write a version of it for use as the Cook's tale.The... Read more |
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The Old Wives Tale
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Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen 1805-75, Danish poet, novelist, and writer of fairy tales. Reared in poverty, he left Odense at 14 for Copenhagen. He failed as an actor, but his poetry won him generous patrons including King Frederick VI. In 1829 his fantasy A Journey on Foot from the Holmen Canal to the... Read more |
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Sonia Gandhi
Gandhi, Sonia December 9, 1947 • Orbassano, Italy Politician The story should have had a fairy-tale ending: a beautiful young girl meets her handsome Prince Charming, has two children, and lives happily every after. In 1968, however, when Sonia Maino married Rajiv ... Read more |
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French days and knights; TheGreat Escape.
...city complete with a fairy-tale citadel perched high...But sometimes it is fun to simply get in the...actor and playwright Moliere. Rich in history...Or, for a more fun-filled and frantic...for a great value summer holiday ... |