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" Apocryphal tales : "
by Karel Čapek ; translated from the Czech and with an introduction by Norma Comrada.
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BL
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965748
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b720118
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| Uniform Title
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Kniha apokryfů.English
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| Main Entry
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Čapek, Karel,1890-1938.
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Apocryphal tales : : with a selection of fables and would-be tales /\ by Karel Čapek ; translated from the Czech and with an introduction by Norma Comrada.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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North Haven, CT :: Catbird Press ;[Chicago, Ill.] :: Distributed by Independent Publishers Group,, ©1997.
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188 pages ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0945774346
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: 9780945774341
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"A Garrigue book."
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| Contents
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Apocryphal Tales: The punishment of Prometheus -- Times are'nt what they used to be -- Just like old times -- Thersites -- Agathon, or concerning wisdom -- Alexander the great -- The death of Archimedes -- The Roman legions -- The ten righteous -- Pseudo-lot, or concerning patriotism -- Holy night -- Martha and Mary -- Lazarus -- The five loaves -- Benchanan -- The crucifixion -- Pilate's evening -- Pilate's creed -- The emperor diocletian -- Attila -- Iconoclasm -- Brother Francis -- Ophir -- Goneril, daughter of Lear -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark -- Don Juan's confession -- Romeo and Juliet -- Master Hynek Rab of Kufstejn -- Napoleon -- Fables -- Would-Be Tales: The libertine -- The lawsuit -- The first guest -- Tonda -- The man who knew how to fly -- The anonymous letter -- Ten centavos.
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| Abstract
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An anthology of stories presenting famous events from the point of view of the man in the street. In one story, a baker describes Jesus' miracle of loaves and fish, in another, townspeople argue who is to blame for the invasion of the Huns. Thirty stories in all.
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Short stories, Czech, Translations into English.
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Short stories, Czech.
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| Dewey Classification
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891.8/6352
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PG5038.C3K613 1997
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| Added Entry
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Comrada, Norma.
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