Fabliaux, Fair and Foul
- ISBN-10
- 0866981144
- ISBN-13
- 9780866981149
- Category
- Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
- Pages
- 165
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies
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