Page 53 - La Gatta racconta la sua storia - Puss Tells the History of Her Fairy Tale

lived at the court of Versailles and spent time in the
salons of the of Versailles and spent time in the
salons of the city. Other translated volumes of the
collection were published with enormous success
until 1715, when both Galland and the Sun King
died. The Arabian collection, translated for the first
time by Galland into an European language, was
then published in many other languages and
th
became Europe’s 17 century best-seller. Well,
what has all this got to do with me? Among the first
group of tales translated by Galland, I read of a
challenge that was just like my story with the ogre!
Wouldn’t you like to listen to this Arabian story?
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