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Persinette. " Persinette " is a French literary fairy tale, written by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force, published in the 1698 book Les Contes des Contes. [ 1][ 2] It is Aarne–Thompson type 310, The Maiden in the Tower, and a significant influence on the German fairy tale of "Rapunzel".
The Green Serpent. Le Serpentin Vert (translated as Green Serpent or Green Dragon) is a French fairy tale written by Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy, popular in its day and representative of European folklore, that was published in her book New Tales, or Fairies in Fashion ( Contes Nouveaux ou Les Fées à la Mode ), in 1698.
P. Persinette. La petite Toute-Belle. Prince Darling. Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess. Princess Belle-Etoile. The Princess Mayblossom. Princess Rosette. The Story of Princess Zeineb and King Leopard.
French fairy tales are particularly known by their literary rather than their folk, oral variants. Perrault derived almost all his tales from folk sources, but rewrote them for the upper-class audience, removing rustic elements. The précieuses rewrote them even more extensively for their own interests. [1]
Virginia Frances Sterrett. "Rosalie saw before her eyes a tree of marvelous beauty", one of Sterrett's illustrations for Old French Fairy Tales (1920) Virginia Frances Sterrett ( / ˈstɛrɪt /; 1900–1931) [1] was an American artist and illustrator.
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"Donkeyskin" (French: Peau d'Âne) is a French literary fairytale written in verse by Charles Perrault. It was first published in 1695 in a small volume and republished in 1697 in Perrault's Histoires ou contes du temps passé. [1] Andrew Lang included it, somewhat euphemized, in The Grey Fairy Book.
Folk tale. Name. Aurore and Aimée. Aarne–Thompson grouping. ATU 480. Country. France. Aurore and Aimée is a French literary fairy tale written by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont. Like her better known tale Beauty and the Beast, it is among the first fairy tales deliberately written for children.