Comte de Caylus (1692–1765)
Autor de Heart of Ice
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Portrait of Count de Caylus / Alexander Roslin
Obras de Comte de Caylus
Oeuvres badines et galantes du comte de Caylus. le défi amoureux inédit . - histoire de m. guillaume, cocher. - les… (1920) 4 copias
The Coachman's Story and Other Tales 3 copias
Kutscher Wilhelm 2 copias
Facéties 1 copia
OEuvres badines complettes, du comte de Caylus: Avec figures (Volume 11) (French Edition) (1787) 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Caylus, Comte de
- Nombre legal
- Anne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac
- Otros nombres
- Tubières, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
d'Esternay, marquis - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1692-10-31
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1765-09-05
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- France
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Paris, France
- Lugares de residencia
- Paris, France
- Ocupaciones
- antiquarian
fairy tale writer
army officer - Relaciones
- Caylus, Madame de (mother)
Maintenon, Madame de (cousin)
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 16
- También por
- 5
- Miembros
- 31
- Popularidad
- #440,253
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 6
- Idiomas
- 1
Despite my reading in this area, I had never heard of the Comte de Caylus, an 18th-century French nobleman and scholar who apparently stands at the tail-end of this phenomenon. According to the biographical blurb at the rear of Heart of Ice, de Caylus wrote many original fairy-tales, although this one tale is the only English translation I have yet found of his work. However that may be, I am happy to have stumbled across it.
The story of Manikin, a pint-sized prince raised by the fairy Genesta, who faces many challenges and overcomes extraordinary odds in his quest to win the heart of the fair Princess Sabella, this tale has some narrative elements that will be very familiar to readers of the genre. The vengeful fairy who curses Manikin will recall the better-known tale of Sleeping Beauty, and the competition to win the princess harks back to many different tales. Far too long for story-hour with young children, Heart of Ice will appeal to older readers with a taste for fairy-tales. The kingdom of the spaniels was particularly charming. I only wish that more of de Caylus' stories were available.… (más)