Comte de Caylus (1692–1765)
Autore di Heart of Ice
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Portrait of Count de Caylus / Alexander Roslin
Opere di Comte de Caylus
Oeuvres badines et galantes du comte de Caylus. le défi amoureux inédit . - histoire de m. guillaume, cocher. - les… (1920) 4 copie
Kutscher Wilhelm 2 copie
Facéties 1 copia
OEuvres badines complettes, du comte de Caylus: Avec figures (Volume 11) (French Edition) (1787) 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Caylus, Comte de
- Nome legale
- Anne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac
- Altri nomi
- Tubières, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
d'Esternay, marquis - Data di nascita
- 1692-10-31
- Data di morte
- 1765-09-05
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- France
- Luogo di nascita
- Paris, France
- Luogo di residenza
- Paris, France
- Attività lavorative
- antiquarian
fairy tale writer
army officer - Relazioni
- Caylus, Madame de (mother)
Maintenon, Madame de (cousin)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 16
- Opere correlate
- 5
- Utenti
- 31
- Popolarità
- #440,253
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 6
- Lingue
- 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.… (altro)