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Belle-Belle ou Le Chevalier Fortuné is a French literary fairy tale, written by Madame d'Aulnoy. [1]It is a story about a female wartime cross-dressers.In the story, a king forms an army for his war against an emperor.
One English language edition translated the tale as The Pot of Carnations. [1] Another translation of the tale was The Pinks, published in The Wild Flower Fairy Book. [2] The tale was one of many from d'Aulnoy's pen to be adapted to the stage by James Planché, as part of his Fairy Extravaganza. [3] [4] [5]
De casibus is an encyclopedia of historical biography and a part of the classical tradition of historiography.It deals with the fortunes and calamities of famous people starting with the biblical Adam, going to mythological and ancient people, then to people of Boccaccio's own time in the fourteenth century. [1]
It inspired such imitators as English Fairy Tales (1890) and More English Fairy Tales (1894) by Joseph Jacobs. Other followers included the American The Oak-Tree Fairy Book (1905), The Elm-Tree Fairy Book (1909), and The Fir-Tree Fairy Book (1912) series edited by Clifton Johnson (author) , and the collections of Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora ...
Breslau (875–930); a wazir accused of plotting to kill the king saves himself by telling tales each night for a month (28 days). Tale of the Man of Khorasan, His Son and His Tutor; Tale of the Singer and the Druggist; Tale of the King Who Kenned the Quintessence of Things; Tale of the Richard Who Married His Beautiful Daughter to the Poor Old Man
In The Little Mermaid, it is the youngest daughter of King Triton who falls in love with the prince after she saves him from drowning. In Diamonds and Toads , the younger-&-least favoured daughter of a widow marries a king's son (after having passed a 'Test of Character' administered by a fairy in disguise).
Of the stories King wrote for this collection, two became films and another is in the works. The novella Riding the Bullet became a direct-to-video film by the same name , released in 2004 and directed by Mick Garris , who made many films and TV miniseries of King's works, and the film 1408 (2007) appeared in theaters, starring John Cusack .
In 2005, six of the audio dramas featuring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor were broadcast on the digital radio station BBC 7: Storm Warning, Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice, Invaders from Mars, Shada (originally created for webcast on the BBC's online service), and The Chimes of Midnight.