| Romanian Fairy Tales, Edited by J. M. Percival, Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Country & Ethnic Contributor(s): Percival, J. M. (Editor), Kremnitz, Mite (Compiled by) |
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ISBN: 1606649299 ISBN-13: 9781606649299 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Here he stood before the Emperor! Full of big plans for all the peas he would harvest (if he got around to planting the three little peas he had found) the penniless boaster began regaling his highness with wild tales of places far away -- until the Emperor was listening with mouth agape! "I see you have traveled widely, know a great deal, and are cunning and experienced," said the Emperor. "I will gladly give you my daughter in marriage." The braggart now regretted having told so many lies -- for what would happen if the Emperor learned he was not, indeed, the Pea Emperor he made himself out to be? "The Pea Emperor" and seventeen other folktales capture the charm of a Romania of long ago, and that perhaps never was -- full of dreams and magic. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 160 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Kremnitz, Mite: - "Mite Kremnitz (1852 - 1916), born Marie von Bardeleben (pen names George Allan, Ditto and Idem), was a German writer. Kremnitz was the daughter of the famous surgeon Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben. She married the doctor Wilhelm Kremnitz and moved with him to Bucharest in 1875. The couple had 2 children. In Romania, Marie became good friends with the Queen Elizabeth, who wrote poems, novels and short stories under the nom de plume Carmen Sylva and in 1881 she was appointed her maid of honor. They published several novels and a drama in collaboration, Marie signing with the pseudonym Ditto and Idem. Starting with 1890 she changed it to Mite Kremnitz." |
