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Stories from Pentamerone

by Giambattiste Basile

The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.

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Language

English

Original Language

Neapolitan

Published In

1634

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Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. His collections include the oldest recorded forms of many well-known European fairy tales. Born in Giugliano to a Neapolit...

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