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Charles Perrault (/ p ɛ ˈ r oʊ / peh-ROH, US also / p ə ˈ r oʊ / pə-ROH; French: [ʃaʁl pɛʁo]; 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale , with his works derived from earlier folk tales , published in his 1697 book ...
Diamonds and Toads or Toads and Diamonds is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault, and titled by him "Les Fées" or "The Fairies". Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book. [1] It was illustrated by Laura Valentine in Aunt Louisa's nursery favourite. [2] In his source, as in Mother Hulda, the kind girl was the stepdaughter, not the ...
"Bluebeard" (French: Barbe bleue [baʁb(ə) blø]) is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in Histoires ou contes du temps passé.
Title page of the 1695 manuscript of Charles Perrault's Contes de ma mère l'Oye (The Morgan Library & Museum, New York) [1]. Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités or Contes de ma mère l'Oye (Stories or Tales from Past Times, with Morals or Mother Goose Tales) [2] is a collection of literary fairy tales written by Charles Perrault, published in Paris in 1697.
"Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. [4] Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European folk tales.The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault [5] and the Brothers Grimm.
The ultimate fate of the princess differs greatly between authors. In the Perrault version, the princess bestows her gift of beauty onto Prince Riquet and the two are happily married. [5] In the Bernard version, which is a more pessimistic story, the princess is resigned to her marriage to Prince Riquet. [5]
The story even includes a pun about a sparrow, which served as a euphemism for female genitals. The story, which predates the Grimms' by nearly two centuries, actually uses the phrase "the sauce of Love." The Grimms didn't just shy away from the feminine details of sex, their telling of the stories repeatedly highlight violent acts against women.
Illustration to "Le petit Poucet" from the first edition of Perrault's book (1697), showing Hop-o'-My-Thumb pulling the sleeping ogre's boots off. The French folktale was first published by Charles Perrault as Le petit Poucet in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697. The French name for the hero, "Poucet" /pusɛ/, derives from the French ...