Contes Bretons. From The Works Of Anatole le Braz; With Introduction, Notes, And Vocabulary (Classic Reprint) 12+

📖 Excerpt from Contes Bretons: From The Works Of Anatole le Braz; With Introduction, Notes, And VocabularyAnatole Le Braz was born in 1859 at Saint - Servais, a village in the former commune of Duault (côtes - du Nord) in the Arez mountains of Brittany. When he was four years old, the family removed to Ploumilliau, not far from the English Channel, in the canton of Tréguier which he regards as his native land. In this country so thoroughly Breton and so rich in legends of an earlier age, the youth of the boy was passed. His parents spoke French but his real language was the Breton that he learned from his play - mates. His father was a school - teacher who was much interested in the history and customs of Brittany. Naturally, in this environment the boy learned to share the beliefs and superstitions of the Bretons and became steeped in the poetry of the primeval nature about him. It should be remembered that the Brittany of that time.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any...