Five Fables from France

Title

en_US Five Fables from France

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Lee Cooper

Creator

en_US Cooper, Lee See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Keeping, Charles

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:39Z

en_US 1998-08

en_US 1970

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:39Z

Date Issued

en_US 1970

Abstract

en_US These five stories are trickster-stories and legends, especially about tricking the devil, who is often here Monsieur Ropotou. I like three of these tales particularly. The first is The Girl Who Played a Trick on the Devil (7). The trick includes a word-play on selling a sole to the devil. The second is The Three Butchers from Reims (26). In it, a young man outsmarts the three butchers and his own lawyer in a classic sting. The third is The Strange Feathery Beast (58), which uses the tops and bottoms trick. That is, Vidalou goes into partnership with Monsieur Ropotou, offering him the choice of taking either the tops or the bottoms of what he produces. When the devil chooses the bottoms, Vidalou grows barley. When he chooses tops, he grows carrots. When he chooses both, he grows beans and harvests them early. The art is strong here and strongly presented. Do not miss on 74 the picture of the new beast that Vidalou creates to get rid of Monsieur Ropotou after the crop contests. Unfortunately, this book has nothing to do with fables in the sense I want to pursue.

Identifier

en_US 0200716689

en_US 4086 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79413

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Abelard-Schuman

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.1.C786 Fi 1970 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole