Project Gutenberg 2014-09-19 Public domain in the USA. 146 Imbriani, Vittorio 1840 1886 La novellaja fiorentina Fiabe e novelline stenografate in Firenze dal dettato popolare Produced by Giovanni Fini, Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "La Novellaja Fiorentina" by Vittorio Imbriani is a collection of folk tales written in the late 19th century. The work presents a compilation of traditional Florentine tales, predominantly drawn from popular oral storytelling, and aims to preserve and present these narratives in their original vernacular. The collection is likely centered around the themes of morality and human experiences, featuring characters who navigate challenges typically associated with the genre, such as encounters with ogres and other whimsical elements of folklore." The opening of "La Novellaja Fiorentina" introduces readers to a classic fairy tale structure, beginning with the story of a poor couple who send their daughters to gather cabbage from the garden of an ogre. The curious daughters encounter the ogre, who ensnares them with promises of treasures, but ultimately, two of the daughters meet tragic fates as they fall victim to the ogre's wrath. The youngest daughter, however, manages to outsmart the ogre, rescuing her sisters and confronting the ogre's dark secret that leads to his demise. This segment sets the stage for the book's exploration of traditional themes found in fairy tales, like bravery, cleverness, and the struggle between good and evil, encapsulated within a distinctly Florentine cultural context. (This is an automatically generated summary.) it Tales -- Italy -- Florence GR PQ Text IT Letteratura per ragazzi Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 1581819 1581829 2024-09-19T14:20:05.452620 2023-09-20T10:20:44.063489 text/html text/html 1606718 2014-09-18T17:46:50 text/html; charset=utf-8 635991 2014-09-18T17:46:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 610712 2024-09-19T14:20:33.894495 application/epub+zip 629825 2024-09-19T14:20:12.068581 application/epub+zip 627604 2024-09-19T14:20:08.926597 application/epub+zip 1045443 2024-09-19T14:20:47.108936 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 951309 2024-09-19T14:20:29.345541 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 949728 2022-09-21T10:16:55.327556 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1321298 2024-09-19T14:20:01.314667 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1321541 2014-09-18T17:46:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 510859 2014-09-18T17:46:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18370 2024-09-19T14:20:47.277910 application/rdf+xml 14764 2024-09-19T14:20:09.145647 image/jpeg 2890 2024-09-19T14:20:09.037607 image/jpeg 637238 2024-09-19T14:20:05.589643 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 it.wikipedia