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The One Hundred New Tales

French literature

Also known as: “Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles”

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place in French literature

In French literature: Prose literature
1465; The One Hundred New Tales), loosely modeled on the work of Giovanni Boccaccio, are more in the spirit of the fabliaux, though written for the Burgundian court.
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