Hieroglyphic tales, 1766-1771
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Description
- Title
- Hieroglyphic tales, 1766-1771
- Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Abstract
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Manuscript, in Walpole's hand, of drafts, with numerous emendations, of five lighthearted and occasionally satirical fairy tales. The first tale, titled A new Arabian night's entertainment, is a parody of the relationship between Scheherezade and Shahryar in the frame tale of The Arabian Nights. The second tale, titled The king and his three daughters, concerns the political and dynastic problems of a kingdom in which the king's eldest daughter does not exist. The third tale, titled The Dice-box and annotated, "translated from the French translation of the Countess of Daunois for the entertainment of Miss Caroline Campbell," is a fantastic tale of a nine-year-old girl named Pissimissi, the elephant and ladybird which draw her car, and her encounter with King Solomon. The fourth tale, titled The peach in brandy: a milesian tale, addresses the dynastic problems of a country with Irish connotations. The fifth and final tale, titled The bird's nest, describes the fantastic dream of Guzalme, Queen of Serendip
- Description
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In English.
Typed transcripts of the fifth tale included with manuscript.
The fifth and sixth tales publised as Hieroglyphic tales (Strawberry Hill Press, 1785) are not included in this manuscript. - Provenance
- Purchased from Mrs. Bentley, 1937.
- Extent
- 10 leaves ; 32 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Mss Vol. 160
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic)
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Fairy tales
Nonsense literature, English
Parodies, English
Satire, English - Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Fairy tales > Great Britain
Nonsense literature, English
Parodies, English
Satire, English > 18th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Citation
- Horace Walpole, Hieroglyphic Tales. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8327388
- Object ID (OID)
- 33104662