Title: How the Devil Lost His Poncho
Title Record # 2273529
Author: Ricardo Palma
Date: 1945-00-00
Variant Title of: Dónde y cómo el diablo perdió el poncho [Spanish] (1894) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Current Tags: folktale (1), The Devil (1), devil (1)
Author: Ricardo Palma
Date: 1945-00-00
Variant Title of: Dónde y cómo el diablo perdió el poncho [Spanish] (1894) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: A Peruvian folktale retold by Ricardo Palma. Translated by Harriet de Onís.
Synopsis: The Devil disguises himself as Christ and visits the town of Ica. He disrupts a wedding and leads the guests to behave horribly, but the bride discovers who he is and chases him away with the sign of the cross, snatching his poncho from him as he flees.
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Current Tags: folktale (1), The Devil (1), devil (1)
Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature | 1983-08-00 | ed. Roger B. Goodman | Bantam Books | 0-553-25141-4 | $3.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 283 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
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