Les Fables de Pitje Schramouille

Title

en_US Les Fables de Pitje Schramouille

Description

en_US Language note: Walloon French

en_US Deuxieme edition

Roger Kervyn de Marcke ten Driessche

Creator

en_US De Marcke ten Driessche, Roger Kervyn

Contributor

en_US Dratz, Jean

Date

2020-01-23T19:30:38Z

2019-08

en_US 1931

Date Available

2020-01-23T19:30:38Z

Date Issued

en_US 1931

Abstract

en_US Here is a second copy of a second edition, apparently referring to the first edition by Éditions de la Jeunesse Nouvelle in 1923. This work was mentioned to me by fellow Jesuits at my first breakfast in Brussels, and my first copy was waiting at my bedroom door by the time I returned from breakfast. This edition adds a separate drama at its end and also at least four pen and ink drawings (17, 41, 49, and 89). Because the language of the fables is too difficult for me, I resort to an abbreviation of my slightly paraphrased version of an online translation of a description used by Amazon: "Written in a mixture of Flemish and French, these fables were first published in 1923. Inspired by La Fontaine, they entertain us with tenderness, humour and common sense, the atmosphere that prevailed at the beginning of the century in the streets of the Marolles, in the heart of Brussels. Through the original and spontaneous language of the author, a whole section of the population expresses itself. This true literary creation has a surprising naturalness, which suggests all the richness of personality of the author. Roger Kervyn de Marcke ten Driessche (Ghent 1896 - Brussels 1965) was originally a lawyer, a defender of the small people. He perceived from his childhood and with accuracy the soul of the Marolles. He described the inhabitants with the irony and finesse of his temperament." There is a T of C on the last page, 95, including the play added here: El Sièg' de Trwa."

Identifier

en_US 12176 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/125871

Language

en_US wln

Publisher

en_US Éditions Rex

en_US Louvain

Subject

en_US PQ2621.E7544F33 1931

Roger Kervyn de Marcke ten Driessche