| Author: | Monseigneur | ISBN: | 1230000303448 |
| Publisher: | Edition du Phoenix d'Or | Publication: | February 21, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Monseigneur |
| ISBN: | 1230000303448 |
| Publisher: | Edition du Phoenix d'Or |
| Publication: | February 21, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Good friends, my readers, who peruse this book, Be not offended, whilst on it you look: Denude yourselves of all deprav'd affection, For it contains no badness nor infection: 'T is true that it brings forth to you no birth Of any value, but in point of mirth; Thinking therefore how sorrow might your mind Consume, I could no apter subject find; One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span; Because to laugh is proper to the man.
Rabelais
The stories give a curious glimpses of life in the 15th century, providing a genuine view of the social condition of the nobility and the middle classes.
Good friends, my readers, who peruse this book, Be not offended, whilst on it you look: Denude yourselves of all deprav'd affection, For it contains no badness nor infection: 'T is true that it brings forth to you no birth Of any value, but in point of mirth; Thinking therefore how sorrow might your mind Consume, I could no apter subject find; One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span; Because to laugh is proper to the man.
Rabelais
The stories give a curious glimpses of life in the 15th century, providing a genuine view of the social condition of the nobility and the middle classes.
