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The complete fairy tales / Charles Perrault ; translated with an introduction and notes by Christopher Betts

Author
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703
Uniform Title
Contes des fées. English
Published
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource (li, 204 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Betts, C. J.
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Language Note
Translated from the French.
Contents
History of Griselda -- Letter to M. ..., on sending him The history of Griselda -- Three silly wishes -- Donkey-skin -- To Mademoiselle -- The sleeping beauty in the wood -- Little Red Riding-Hood -- Bluebeard -- Puss in boots -- The fairies -- Cinderella -- Ricky the Tuft -- Hop o' my thumb -- Appendix A : Selected tales related to Perrault's Contes -- Appendix B : Early versions of the last part of Sleeping Beauty and of The fairies.
Summary
Charles Perrault's versions gave classic status to the humble fairy tale, and it is in his telling that the stories of Little Red Riding-Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and the rest have been passed down from the seventeenth century to the present day. Perrault's tales were enjoyed in the salons of Louis XIV as much as they were loved in the nursery, and it is their wit, humour, and lively detail that capture the imagination of adult and child alike. They transmute into vividfantasies the hidden fears and conflicts by which children are affected: fears of abandonment, or worse, conflicts wit.
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ISBN
9780191571589 (electronic bk.)
019157158X (electronic bk.)
1282383159
9781282383159
9786612383151
6612383151
0198817975
9780198817970
9780199236831
0199236836
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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