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Tale — may refer to:*Cautionary tale, a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger *Fairy tale, a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking… … Wikipedia
Frame story — A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc.) is a literary technique and a type of story within a story, whereby an introductory or main narrative is presented, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more… … Wikipedia
Frame — A frame is a structural system that supports other components of a physical construction. Frame may also refer to:Engineering construction* Framing (construction), a building term known as light frame construction * Frame (vehicle), to which… … Wikipedia
frame story — ▪ literary genre also called frame tale overall unifying story within which one or more tales are related. In the single story, the opening and closing constitutes a frame. In the cyclical frame story that is, a story in which several… … Universalium
frame story — noun or frame tale Etymology: translation of German rahmenerzählung : a story told within a frame or a story constituting a frame for another story or a series of other stories … Useful english dictionary
Tale of Sir Thopas, The — by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1390) When the Pilgrim CHAUCER is asked by the Host to tell a tale of his own, the poet’s persona launches into a rollicking, singsong burlesque of popular English TAIL RHYME ROMANCE, a recitation so apparently… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest — Author(s) Ludwig Flammenberg (pesudonym of Carl Friedrich Kahlert) … Wikipedia
A Tale of Two Cities — Infobox Book | name = A Tale of Two Cities title orig = translator = image caption = The title page of the first edition of A Tale of Two Cities . author = Charles Dickens cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre … Wikipedia
The Plowman's Tale — There are actually two pseudo Chaucerian texts called The Plowman s Tale. In the mid fifteenth century a rhyme royal Plowman s Tale was added to the text of The Canterbury Tales in the Christ Church MS. This tale is actually an orthodox Roman… … Wikipedia
The Tale of Peter Rabbit — El cuento de Perico el conejo travieso Autor Beatrix Potter Género Literatura infantil Edición original en inglés … Wikipedia Español
