Twice Told Tales
Twice Told Tales

Author: Daniel Stern

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1480444227

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DIVDIVDaniel Stern’s sparkling reinventions of six great literary works/divDIV Twice Told Tales is a new take on some of literature’s greatest stories. In a bravura performance, acclaimed novelist Daniel Stern channels the particular styles and spirits of six classic pieces—even the writings of Sigmund Freud—into unexpected new settings. E. M. Forster, Henry James, and Ernest Hemingway are updated in brilliantly drawn portraits, at once affectionate and satirical. Stern’s approach is deft and witty, yet always attentive to the timeless characters and ideas with which he works./divDIV/div/div

Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Publisher: Modern Library

Published: 2001-10-09

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0375757880

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This volume of short stories and shorter works by Nathaniel Hawthorne was heralded upon its release and is still widely considered a classic.

Twice-told Tales
Twice-told Tales

Author: Julia Bolton Holloway

Publisher: Julia Bolton Holloway

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9780820419541

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Twice-Told Tales presents the life and writings of Dante Alighieri's maestro, the Florentine notary and diplomat, Brunetto Latino. The book first discusses archival documents found in Florence, the Vatican Secret Archives, Genoa, England and elsewhere, which were written by or which name Brunetto Latino. The documents concern, among other topics, the Vallombrosan Abbot Tesauro, the Sicilian Vespers' plotting, and the death by starvation of Ugolino. The book then discusses Brunetto's translations of Aristotle's Ethics and Cicero's De inventione, as texts presented to Charles of Anjou and others, as well as the influence of these texts on Dante. Appendices present the archival documents discussed in the book and list manuscripts containing Latino's writings.

Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales

Author: Hawthorne N.

Publisher: Рипол Классик

Published:

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 5521070516

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. This volume of rearranged myths in which Hawthorne uses unexpected points of view to deftly twist the themes of classic folktales. From the unrepentent Gingerbread Man and his tirades against overprotective parents, meddlesome neighbors, and untrustworthy foxes, to the giant’s wife who simply wants Jack out of the picture so that she and her mate may continue collaborating on poetry, these ironic tales introduce complex, emotional topics within a familiar context.

TWICE-TOLD TALES FOR ALL AGES
TWICE-TOLD TALES FOR ALL AGES

Author: Allan and Rosemary Young

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-10-28

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1300350172

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TWICE-TOLD TALES FOR ALL AGESBy Allan and Rosemary YoungNot only does this book feature tales for all ages of readers, but the preface tells how such tales are to be written. These stories typically range from a few hundred words to several thousand. They can be written in third person, or for more emphasis on personal experiences, in first person. Short stories can be segmented with pseudo chapters, or can run with straight through text. The themes run from humor to uplifting to tragedy. The protagonists are boys, girls, men, women, and sometimes, animals predominate. The author shares his experiences as well as his knowledge of how to successfully write short stories.