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Title
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en_US
Five Fables from France
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
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Lee Cooper
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Creator
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Cooper, Lee
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Contributor
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Keeping, Charles
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:02:39Z
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1998-08
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1970
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:02:39Z
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Date Issued
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1970
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Abstract
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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.
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Identifier
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0200716689
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4086 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Abelard-Schuman
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London
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Subject
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PZ8.1.C786 Fi 1970
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole