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tall tale

(Encyclopedia) tall tale, extravagantly and humorously exaggerated story of the backwoods exploits of an American frontiersman. Originating in the 1820s, the genre remained popular well into the 20th…

Gamelyn, The Tale of

(Encyclopedia) Gamelyn, The Tale ofGamelyn, The Tale ofgămˈəlĭn [key], a romance in verse, written c.1350, containing about 900 lines. It tells of the tribulations of a young man abused by his older…

Fairy Tales

  The Brothers Grimm The text is based on translations from the Grimms' "Kinder und Hausmarchen" by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes. Contents The Golden Bird Hans in Luck Jorinda…

Brewer's: Tale

(1 syl.). A tally; a reckoning. In Exod. v. we have tale of bricks. A measure by number, not by weight. An old wife's tale. Any maryellous legendary story. To tell tales out of school. To…

Brewer's: Tales

(2 syl.). Persons in the court from whom the sheriff or his clerk makes selections to supply the place of jurors who have been empanelled, but are not in attendance. It is the first word…

The Winter's Tale

ContentsDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IScene IIAct IIScene IScene IIScene IIIAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIAct IVScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVAct VScene IScene IIScene III

Winter's Tale

Winter's Tale Leontes, King of Sicily, and his queen, the beautiful and virtuous Hermione, once lived in the greatest harmony together. So happy was Leontes in the love of this excellent…

A Mongolian Tale

Director: Xie FeiWriter: Zhang ChengzhiDirector of Photography:Fu JingshengEditors:Xie Fei and Zhao XiuqinMusic:Mr. TenggerProducers:Ma Fung-kwok and Wellington FungNew Yorker Films; NR; 104…

Autumn Tale

Director/Writer:Eric Rohmer October Films; 110 minutes; NRRelease:7/99Cast:Beatrice Romand, Marie Riviere, Alexia Portal The latest offering from French director Eric Rohmer is as lazy and…

The Ventriloquist's Tale

Author:Pauline MelvillePublisher:Bloomsbury Publishingn Rare is the voice that can conjure forth an entire world. With the title metaphor of ventriloquism guiding this exquisite exploration…