Valentine & Orson
Subtitle: re-created as a folk play in verse and paintings
By: by Nancy Ekholm Burkert.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Pepin, King of the Franks, d. 768 -- Romances.; Pepin, King of the Franks, d. 768 -- Legends.; Twins -- Fiction.; Folklore -- France.; Pantomime.; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Fiction.
Other titles: Valentin & Orson (French romance). English.; Valentine and Orson.
Description: Twin brothers are separated at birth. One is raised as a knight, and the other as a wild animal in a forest. When they meet, they become friends, and try to discover the circumstances causing their separation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [47]).
"A Floyd Yearout book."
A reworking of the French romance from prose to narrated folk play in iambic pentameter.