Front matter
Edward Storer translation
Broadway Translations
Il Novellino
The Hundred Old Tales
Translated from the Italian by
EDWARD STORER
To this day the author of this famous collection of tales remains unknown. But he probably was a minstrel of the Middle Ages who went from castle to castle entertaining his listeners with his stories—Bible stories, stories from French, Provençal, and Arthurian sources, stories from the Classics, and stories of Oriental origin. Some were moralistic, some humorous, some witty, some spicy.
As a collection they have never ceased to interest because of their humanness. Written in a quaint simple style, they are full of action, wit, and wisdom, and represent practically the oldest prose work in the Italian language.
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Broadway Translations
“Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety.”
IL NOVELLINO
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Broadway Translations
IL NOVELLINO
THE HUNDRED OLD TALES
Translated from the Italian by EDWARD STORER With an Introduction
LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS LTD. NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN