Horace Walpole turns to the letters and argues that: Walpole's numerous letters are often used as a historical resource. In one, dating from 28 January 1754, he coined the word serendipity which he said was derived from a "silly fairy tale" he had read, "The Three Princes of Serendip". The oft-quoted epigram, "This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel", is from a letter of Walpole's to Anne, Countess of Ossory, on 16 August 1776. The original, fuller version appeared in a letter to Sir Horace Mann on 31 December 1769: "I have often said,
The Love for Three Oranges (fairy tale) what should be done to anyone who would harm her. Various people said various things; the slave said she should be burned, and so the prince had the slave burned. The Love for Three Oranges (fairy tale) "The Love for Three Oranges" or "The Three Citrons" is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in the "Pentamerone". It is the concluding tale, and the one the heroine of the frame story uses to reveal that an imposter has taken her place. It is Aarne-Thompson type 408, and the oldest known variant of this tale. It was the basis