Stories from Pentamerone

by

Giambattista Basile

NOTE

The collection of folk-tales known as Il Pentamerone was first published at Naples and in the Neopolitan dialect, by Giambattista Basile, Conte di Torrone, who is believed to have collected them chiefly in Crete and Venice, and to have died about the year 1637.

CONTENTS

1. [How the Tales came to be told]
2. [The Myrtle]
3. [Peruonto]
4. [Vardiello]
5. [The Flea]
6. [Cenerentola]
7. [The Merchant]
8. [Goat-Face]
9. [The Enchanted Doe]
10. [Parsley]
11. [The Three Sisters]
12. [Violet]
13. [Pippo]
14. [The Serpent]
15. [The She-Bear]
16. [The Dove]
17. [Cannetella]
18. [Corvetto]
19. [The Booby]
20. [The Stone in the Cock's Head]
21. [The Three Enchanted Princes]
22. [The Dragon]
23. [The Two Cakes]
24. [The Seven Doves]
25. [The Raven]
26. [The Months]
27. [Pintosmalto]
28. [The Golden Root]
29. [Sun, Moon, and Talia]
30. [Nennillo and Nennella]
31. [The Three Citrons]
32. [Conclusion]

I

HOW THE TALES CAME TO BE TOLD