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Italian folktales, selected and retold by Italo Calvino ; translated by George Martin

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 759-763)

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Italian folktales

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selected and retold by Italo Calvino ; translated by George Martin

Retells two hundred traditional Italian tales, including the stories of a fearless little man, a prince who married a frog, and a woman who lived on wind

Dauntless Little John -- The man wreathed in seaweed -- The ship with three decks -- The man who came out only at night -- And seven! -- Body-without-soul -- Money can do everything -- The little shepherd -- Silver nose -- The count's beard -- The little girl sold with the pears -- The snake -- The three castles -- The prince who married a frog -- The parrot -- The twelve oxen -- Crack and Crook -- The canary prince -- King Crin -- Those stubborn souls, the Biellese -- The pot of marjoram -- The billiards player -- Animal speech -- The three cottages -- The peasant astrologer -- The wolf and the three girls -- The land where one never dies -- The devotee of St. Joseph -- The three crones -- The crab prince -- Silent for seven years -- The dead man's palace -- Pome and peel -- The cloven youth -- Invisible grandfather -- The King of Denmark's son -- Petie Pete versus Witch Bea-Witch -- Quack, quack! Stick to my back! -- The happy man's shirt -- One night in paradise -- Jesus and St. Peter in Friuli -- The magic ring -- The dead man's arm -- The science of laziness -- Fair brow -- The stolen crown -- The king's daughter who could never get enough figs -- The three dogs -- Uncle Wolf -- Giricoccola -- Tabagnino the Hunchback -- The king of the animals -- The Devil's breeches -- Dear as salt -- The queen of the three mountains of gold -- Lose your temper, and you lose your bet -- The feathered ogre -- The dragon with seven heads -- Bellinda and the monster -- The shepherd at court -- The sleeping queen -- The son of the merchant from Milan -- Monkey Palace -- Rosina in the oven -- The Salamanna grapes -- The enchanted palace -- Buffalo head -- The King of Portugal's son -- Fanta-Ghirò the Beautiful -- The old woman's hide -- Olive -- Catherine, sly country lass -- The traveler from Turin -- The daughter of the sun -- The dragon and the enchanted filly -- The Florentine -- Ill-fated royalty -- The golden ball -- Fioravante and beautiful Isolina -- Fearless simpleton -- The milkmaid queen -- The story of Campriano -- The north wind's gift -- The sorceress's head -- Apple girl -- Prezzemolina -- The fine greenbird -- The king in the basket -- The one-handed murderer -- The two hunchbacks -- Pete and the ox -- The king of the peacocks -- The palace of the doomed queen -- The little geese -- Water in the basket -- Fourteen -- Jack Strong, slayer of five hundred -- Crystal rooster -- A boat for land and water -- The Neapolitan soldier -- Belmiele and Belsole -- The haughty prince -- Wooden Maria -- Louse hide -- Cicco Petrillo -- Ner and Bertha -- The love of the three pomegranates -- Joseph Ciufolo, tiller-flutist -- Bella VeneziaThe mangy one -- The wildwood king -- Mandorlinfiore -- The three blind queens -- Hunchback Wryneck Hobbler -- One-Eye -- The false grandmother -- Frankie-Boy's trade -- Shining fish -- Miss North Wind and Mr. Zephyr -- The palace mouse and the garden mouse -- The Moor's bones -- The chicken laundress -- Crack, Crook, and Hook -- First sword and last broom -- Mrs. Fox and Mr. Wolf -- The five scapegraces -- Ari-Ari, donkey, donkey, money, money! -- The school of Salamanca -- The tale of the cats -- Chick -- The slave mother -- The siren wife -- The princess wed to the first passers-by -- Liombruno -- Cannelora -- Filo d'Oro and Filomena -- The thirteen bandits -- The three orphans -- Sleeping Beauty and her children -- The handmade king -- The turkey hen -- The three Chicory gatherers -- Beauty-with-the-seven-dresses -- Serpent King -- The widow and the brigand -- The crab with the golden eggs -- Nick Fish -- Gràttula-Beddàttula -- Misfortune -- Pippina the Serpent -- Catherine the Wise -- The Ismailian merchant -- The thieving dove -- Dealer in peas and beans -- The sultan with the itch -- The wife who lived on wind -- Wormwood -- The King of Spain and the English milord -- The bejeweled boot -- The left-hand squire -- Rosemary -- Lame Devil -- Three tales by three sons of three merchants -- The dove girl -- Jesus and St. Peter in Sicily -- The barber's timepiece -- The count's sister -- Master Francesco sit-down-and-eat -- The marriage of a queen and a bandit -- The seven lamb heads -- The two sea merchants -- Out in the world -- A boat loaded with ... -- The king's son in the henhouse -- The mincing princess -- The great narbone -- Animal talk and the nosy wife -- The calf with the golden horns -- The captain and the general -- The peacock feather -- The garden witch -- The mouse with the long tail -- The two cousins -- The two muleteers -- Giovannuzza the Fox -- The child that fed the crucifix -- Steward Truth -- The foppish king -- The princess with the horns -- Giufà -- Fra Ignazio -- Solomon's advice -- The man who robbed the robbers -- The lions' grass -- The convent of nuns and the monastery of monks -- The male fern -- St. Anthony's gift -- March and the shepherd -- John Balento -- Jump into my sack

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