Book cover for Il Pentamerone: The Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile

Il Pentamerone

The Tale of Tales

2002 Released
484 Pages
8-12 Hours
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University Press of the PacificISBN 9781410204417
Translated by Sir Richard Burton

This book comprises a translated collection of Neopolitan tales dating back to the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and translated into English by Sir Richard Burton - a sort of Italian Arabian Nights. The collection was published by Lady Burton after Richard Burton's death.

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