Fantastic tales
By: I.U. Tarchetti ; edited and translated by Lawrence Venuti ; with original illustrations by Jim Pearson.
Contributors: Tarchetti, Iginio Ugo, 1841-1869.; Venuti, Lawrence.; Pearson, Jim, ill.
Publisher: Mercury House
Published: 1992
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Fantasy fiction, Italian -- Translations into English.; Italy -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Notes: Includes stories contained in the author's Racconti fantastici.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : I.U. Tarchetti / by Lawrence Venuti; title: The legends of the black castle; title: Captain Gubart's fortune; title: A spirit in a raspberry; title: Bouvard; title: A dead man's bone; title: The lake of the three lampreys; title: The elixir of immortality; title: The letter U; title: The fated; title: Appendix. The burgomaster in the bottle / Émile Erckmann and Louis-Alexandre Chatrian. The mummy's foot / Théophile Gautier. Iginio Ugo Tarchetti (1839-1869) / Salvatore Farina.