Penta of the Chopped-Off Hands
Author:   Ben Stacy Jerrik
Publisher:   Part Press
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9786138576396


Pages:   56
Publication Date:   10 November 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Penta of the Chopped-off Hands or The Girl With the Maimed Hands is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.A king lost his wife and fell in love with his sister, Penta. He implored her to marry him. When she refused and he continued to implore her, she asked what attracted him, and he praised her beauty, but most highly, her hands. She tricked a slave into cutting off her hands, and the king had her put in a chest and thrown into the sea. A fisherman caught the chest in his nets and brought her home, but his wife, Nuccia, was jealous of Penta's beauty and threw her back into the sea.

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Author:   Ben Stacy Jerrik
Publisher:   Part Press
Imprint:   Part Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.095kg
ISBN:  

9786138576396


ISBN 10:   613857639
Pages:   56
Publication Date:   10 November 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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