The Ribald Reader: 2000 Years of Lusty Love and Laughter (1906)

by A. M. Krich (Editor)

Other authors: Honoré de Balzac (Contributor), Giovanni Boccaccio (Contributor), Poggio Bracciolini (Contributor), Richard Burton (Translator), Miguel de Cervantes (Contributor) — 14 more, Geoffrey Chaucer (Contributor), Crébillon Fils (Contributor), Daniel Defoe (Contributor), Jean de la Fontaine (Contributor), Lucian (Contributor), Martial (Contributor), Guy de Maupassant (Contributor), Chin P'ing Mei (Contributor), Marguerite de Navarre (Contributor), Ovid (Contributor), François Rabelais (Contributor), Mark Twain (Contributor), François Villon (Contributor), Voltaire (Contributor)

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Collection of ribald literature. Includes selections from the work of Boccaccio, Chaucer, Rabelais, Villon, Cervantes, Shakespeare, John Donne, Voltaire, Balzac, De Maupassant, Ovid, Martial, La Fontaine, Dafoe, Balzac, Chin P'ing Mei, Margaret Queen of Navarre,...

Includes the terrible, cruel stories drawn in the Arabian Nights tr. by Richard Burton. The Kings who killed thousands of women, insisting on their maidenheads, and then to vouch-safe the possibility of their horns, executing them. All with "Allah" being praised.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Krich, A. M.	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Balzac, Honoré de	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Boccaccio, Giovanni	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bracciolini, Poggio	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Burton, Richard	Translator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cervantes, Miguel de	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chaucer, Geoffrey	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Crébillon Fils	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Defoe, Daniel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fontaine, Jean de la	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lucian	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Martial	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Maupassant, Guy de	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mei, Chin P'ing	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Navarre, Marguerite de	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ovid	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rabelais, François	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Twain, Mark	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Villon, François	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Voltaire	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Beckett, Sheilah	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed