Lays of Marie de France : and other French legends

Marie De France 12th Cent, Northrop Frye

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LAYS OF
1 MARIE DE FRANCE
AND OTHERS
INTRODUCED & TRANSLATED BY EUGENE MASON
No. 557
EVEWMAN'SPRICE CATEGORY
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Marie De France
AND OTHER FRENCH LEGENDS
TRANSLATED WITH
AN INTRODUCTION BY
EUGENE MASON
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First included in Everyman's 1911Library
Last reprinted 1964
NO. 557