Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2011-07-08 Public domain in the USA. 54 Butler, Isabel Tales from the Old French Lais: The lay of the bird. The woful knight / Marie de France. The two lovers / Marie de France. Eliduc / Marie de France. Melion. The lay of the horn / Robert Biquet -- Fabliaux: The divided blanket / Bernier. Of the churl who won Paradise. The gray palfrey / Huon Leroi -- Contes dévots et didactiques: The knight of the little cask. The angel and the hermit. The jousting of Our Lady. The Order of Chivalry -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Translator's note. Produced by Chris Curnow, Lindy Walsh, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Tales from the Old French" by Isabel Butler is a collection of medieval literature written in the early 20th century. This anthology presents a selection of works from the Old French tradition, including lais, fabliaux, and didactic tales, which capture the values, morals, and cultural expressions of the time. The stories weave themes of love, chivalry, and wisdom, often featuring knights and noble ladies embroiled in romantic and moral dilemmas. At the start of the collection, readers are introduced to a variety of captivating tales. One such story is "The Lay of the Bird," which describes a rich villein who owns a magical orchard. The tale centers on a wondrous bird that sings in the orchard, its song capable of enchanting listeners and ensuring the vitality of the land. However, when the greedy villein captures the bird for profit, he learns a hard lesson about loss and the consequences of greed. The opening sets a tone of magical realism, grounding it in the broader narrative traditions where moral lessons are drawn through enchanting imagery and poignant encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36658/36658-h/images/cover-f.jpg en Tales -- France -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 351476 351492 2024-09-15T12:37:04.573981 2023-09-16T06:13:46.603315 text/html text/html 349906 2021-01-07T21:40:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1781455 2021-01-07T21:40:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1697140 2024-09-15T12:37:12.735948 application/epub+zip 1698029 2024-09-15T12:37:07.112947 application/epub+zip 244317 2024-09-15T12:37:05.116957 application/epub+zip 1552886 2024-09-15T12:37:16.248940 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1509163 2024-09-15T12:37:10.704964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306539 2022-09-16T16:47:12.345495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292605 292484 2024-09-15T12:37:03.993985 2023-09-16T06:13:45.864329 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 292466 2021-01-07T21:40:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 108481 2021-01-07T21:40:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 292464 2021-01-07T21:40:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 108430 2021-01-07T21:40:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20107 2024-09-15T12:37:16.392900 application/rdf+xml 25942 2024-09-15T12:37:05.253979 image/jpeg 3242 2024-09-15T12:37:05.183955 image/jpeg 1779536 2024-09-15T12:37:04.697962 application/octet-stream application/zip