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La Novellaja fiorentina

fiabe e novelline stenografate in Firenze dal dettato popolare; ristampa accresciuta di molte novelle inedite di numerosi riscontri e di note, nelle quali è accolta integralmente, La novellaja milanese dello stesso raccoglitore

by Vittorio Imbriani

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: Italian
  • Content type: FictionPrimary source
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"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.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Folk literature”, “Folklore”, “folklore”, and 3 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “fairy tale” in the description, “Fairy tales” in the description, “Folklore” in the description, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Folk literature”· via Internet Archive
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “folklore”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “tales”· via Project Gutenberg

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fiabe e novelline stenografate in Firenze dal dettato popolare ; ristampa accresciuta di molte novelle inedite di numerosi riscontri e di note, nelle quali è accolta integralmente, La novellaja milanese dello stesso raccoglitore

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1877-01-01T00:00:00ZLivorno : Coi tipi di F. VigoItalian—Public digitized item

fiabe e novelline stenografate in Firenze dal dettato popolare; ristampa accresciuta di molte novelle inedite di numerosi riscontri e di note, nelle quali è accolta integralmente, La novellaja milanese dello stesso raccoglitore

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1877Coi tipi di F. VigoItalian—No ebook

Fiabe e novelline stenografate in Firenze dal dettato popolare

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2014-09-19Project GutenbergItalian—Public domain (USA)

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  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Oxford University
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  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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