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French folktales from the collection of Henri Pourrat

Author: Henri Pourrat; Carl Gustaf Bjurström; Royall Tyler; Pantheon Books,
Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [1989] ©1989
Series: Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English : First American editionView all editions and formats
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"Pantheon fairy tale and folktale library." Over 100 tales of local legend, fairy tales, etc. from rural France.
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Juvenile works
Dust jackets (Bindings)
Children's stories
Juvenile fiction
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Pourrat, Henri, 1887-1959.
French folktales from the collection of Henri Pourrat.
New York : Pantheon Books, ©1989
(OCoLC)551313969
Online version:
Pourrat, Henri, 1887-1959.
French folktales from the collection of Henri Pourrat.
New York : Pantheon Books, ©1989
(OCoLC)606370403
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Henri Pourrat; Carl Gustaf Bjurström; Royall Tyler; Pantheon Books,
ISBN: 039454451X 9780394544519
OCLC Number: 19779210
Notes: Selected from: Le trésor des contes.
Description: xxvi, 484 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents: Fairy enchantments --
The devil --
Bandits --
Around the village --
The mad and the wise --
Bestiary --
Love and marriage.
Series Title: Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library.
Other Titles: Trésor des contes.
French folk tales from the collection of Henri Pourrat
Responsibility: selected by C.G. Bjurström ; translated and with an introduction by Royall Tyler.
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