Project Gutenberg 2016-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 462 Cosquin, Emmanuel 1841 1919 Cosquin, Emmanuel Georges Contes populaires de Lorraine, comparés avec les contes des autres provinces de France et des pays étrangers, volume 2 (of 2) Produced by Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Contes populaires de Lorraine" by Emmanuel Cosquin is a collection of folk tales written in the late 19th century. The work offers a comparative study of traditional stories from the Lorraine region, contrasting them with tales from other provinces of France and various foreign countries, while also providing an essay on the origins and spread of European folk tales. Through these narratives, readers are invited to explore the cultural richness and thematic diversity of folklore. The opening of the work presents a tale titled "L'Homme de Fer" (The Iron Man), which follows the misadventures of a drunken old soldier named La Ramée. After unintentionally killing his colonel, he escapes to England, where he encounters a mysterious old woman who hints at treasure hidden in a castle guarded by various beasts. Encouraged by her, La Ramée ventures into the castle, retrieves a magical candle from the Iron Man, and subsequently discovers he can summon riches. The story unfolds as he navigates his desires and the consequences of his newfound power, foreshadowing themes of fortune and trickery that likely resonate throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Tales -- France -- Lorraine Folklore -- France -- Lorraine Folk literature, French -- France -- Lorraine -- Themes, motives PQ Text FR Contes Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: French Literature 1161600 2025-07-20T11:20:10.677167 text/html 1152340 2024-10-22T23:41:12 text/html 717263 2025-07-20T11:20:25.328161 application/epub+zip 718224 2025-07-20T11:20:12.823227 application/epub+zip 563187 2025-07-20T11:20:11.728206 application/epub+zip 1013475 2025-07-20T11:20:34.278099 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 905968 2025-07-20T11:20:24.117106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 751711 2022-09-23T06:20:41.379860 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1094659 2025-07-20T11:20:08.936204 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1074348 2024-10-22T23:41:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17967 2025-07-20T11:20:34.429056 application/rdf+xml 15639 2025-07-20T11:20:11.890201 image/jpeg 2327 2025-07-20T11:20:11.810222 image/jpeg 828969 2025-07-20T11:20:10.770221 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia