Comte de Caylus (1692–1765)
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Fotografie: Portrait of Count de Caylus / Alexander Roslin
Werken van Comte de Caylus
Oeuvres badines et galantes du comte de Caylus. le défi amoureux inédit . - histoire de m. guillaume, cocher. - les… (1920) 4 exemplaren
The Coachman's Story and Other Tales 3 exemplaren
Kutscher Wilhelm 2 exemplaren
Facéties 1 exemplaar
OEuvres badines complettes, du comte de Caylus: Avec figures (Volume 11) (French Edition) (1787) 1 exemplaar
Mylord Arsouille ou les Bamboches d'un gentleman (Collection Aphrodite classique) (1978) 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Caylus, Comte de
- Officiële naam
- Anne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Tubières, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
d'Esternay, marquis - Geboortedatum
- 1692-10-31
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1765-09-05
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- France
- Geboorteplaats
- Paris, France
- Woonplaatsen
- Paris, France
- Beroepen
- antiquarian
fairy tale writer
army officer - Relaties
- Caylus, Madame de (mother)
Maintenon, Madame de (cousin)
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- #440,253
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- 3.7
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- 2
- ISBNs
- 6
- Talen
- 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.… (meer)