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Aladdin , Aladdin
Nationality/Culture
Pronunciation
uh-LAD-in
Alternate Names
Appears In
Lineage
Son of a poor tailor
Character Overview
Aladdin (pronounced uh… Charles Perrault , Perrault, Charles (1628–1703)
PERRAULT, CHARLES (1628–1703), French poet, literary theoretician, and fairy tale writer. Charles Perrault belonged to… Storytelling , Storytelling may be broadly defined as an ancient method of conveying ideas, intimations, and emotions in a narrative form with or without the accomp… Canterbury Tales , THE LITERARY WORK
A collection of tales written in verse and set in the late 1300s; begun around 1386, unfinished.
SYNOPSIS
A group of pilgrims trave… Isak Dinesen , Dinesen, Isak
BORN: 1885, Rungsted, Denmark
DIED: 1962, Rungsted, Denmark
NATIONALITY: Danish
GENRE: Fiction
MAJOR WORKS:
Seven Gothic Tales (1934)
O… Magic (entertainment) , magic, in entertainment, the seeming manipulation and supernatural control of the natural world for the amusement and amazement of an audience. Enter…
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NEARBY TERMS
fairy tale