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    Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
    Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
    Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
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    Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

    By Charles Perrault

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    An iconic collection of fairy tales from the master of storytelling Charles Perrault including some of his best work: Little Red Riding-Hood, The Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Little Thumb, Cinderella, Blue Beard.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInteractive Media
    Release dateNov 15, 2015
    ISBN9781911144335

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    • 3/5
      This contains not only the regular tales, but also three summaries of poems, one of which (Donkey's Skin) was the basis of a recent fantasy. Of the original stories, my personal favorite is Puss in Boots. Some of the others e.g. Hop o;my thumb, are rather grisly.
    • 5/5
      I actually read these while I was in France, but I reread a couple of them this week while my online group was discussing them. The online discussion reminded me how dark these stories were, full of violence and terror and unpredictability. The things we face in life, in other words. The things we seek out in books.
    • 5/5
      i didn't realize that perrault had written so few stories. anderson and grimm have huge volumes. it's interesting to see the differences in stories. an interesting history by betts. i chose this book because it was illustrated by dore. we saw his great summer exhibition at the nag this past summer.
    • 4/5
      This is a brilliant book, with amazing but terrifying engravings by Dore. This edition of Perrault's fairy tales also include morals which read like rhyming verse, my favourite was the LRRH moral. This book is well worth the money if you are interested in fairy tales and the associated illustrations.
    • 3/5
      Not the most enchanting edition (Clarion, 1993) of these tales I would have thought, but it gets the job done.
    • 5/5
      The stories are beautiful enough, but the Dore illustrations are breathtaking...
    • 5/5
      The complete fairy tales of Charles PerraultLiked hearing of the stories and also about the author who wrote these in the 1670's. Some of them are quite scary and gruesome and they all come with a moral or two at the end.Had never heard of Bluebeard and Hop of My Thumb and Donkeyskin.About the author and translations done are included at the end.I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
    • 5/5
      Charles Perrault, a minor government official in 17th century France, is best remembered today for the collection of fairy tales he published in 1697, just six years before his death. Perrault, however, was not the author of any of the tales collected in his book. Rather, he rewrote various folk tales, tales of unknown origin snatched from the oral tradition of his time, and published those stories in the versions that most closely resemble the ones children grow up on today.This new Christopher Betts translation of Perrault’s work presents a few of the stories in simple verse, the rest in prose, and it includes an all-star list of fairy tales. Among the stories in “The Complete Fairy Tales” are: “Little Red Riding-Hood,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Bluebeard,” “Puss in Boots,” “Cinderella,” and a story very similar to that of ”Hansel and Gretel.” But make no mistake about it – these are not the fairy tales you heard from your mother and they are, most definitely, not the ones made famous by Mr. Disney. Nevertheless, Perrault did intend that his stories be read to small children by their parents. For that reason, his versions of the folk tales are shorter than the stories with which adults of the period would have been more familiar, they encompass a limited number of characters and motivations, and much of the most obvious sexual content has been removed or, at the least, disguised. In addition, within his stories, Perrault emphasizes lessons and warnings about the process of growing up and he attaches at least one moral to the end of each tale. The attached morals, however, do seem to be aimed more at the parent/reader than at the listening children.Adult readers will be intrigued by the editing process to which Perrault subjected his chosen tales and probably a little shocked by some of the details he excluded. Perrault clearly felt it necessary to clean up the old folk tales before publishing them as children’s entertainment. Who might have imagined, for instance, that Snow White would be raped by her prince and would give birth to twins before she was awakened? Or that Little Red Riding-Hood would be forced by the wolf to eat part of her dismembered grandmother? Or that incest would play a prominent role in some of the tales?“The Complete Fairy Tales” includes twenty-six remarkable illustrations by 19th century French literary illustrator Gustave Doré (including the book’s cover and the “Cinderella” illustration shown here) and it is amply footnoted. Most intriguing, though, is the book’s presentation of alternate versions of several of today’s most beloved fairy tales, versions that make it obvious why Perrault felt obliged to edit the tales to fit his intended audience. Readers preferring their history in unexpurgated form will much appreciate “The Complete Fairy Tales” as translated by Christopher Betts.Rated at: 5.0

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    Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault - Charles Perrault

    Charles Perrault

    Fairy Tales of

    Charles Perrault

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    Contents

    LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD

    THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

    PUSS IN BOOTS

    LITTLE THUMB

    CINDERELLA

    BLUE BEARD

    LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD

    Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature that ever was seen. Her mother was very fond of her, and her grandmother loved her still more. This good woman made for her a little red riding-hood, which became the girl so well that everybody called her Little Red Riding-hood.

    One day her mother, having made some custards, said to her:—

    Go, my dear, and see how your grandmother does, for I hear she has been very ill; carry her a custard and this little pot of butter.

    Little Red Riding-hood set out immediately to go to her grandmother’s, who lived in another village.

    As she was going through the wood, she met Gaffer Wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up; but he dared not, because of some fagot-makers hard by in the forest. He asked her whither she was going. The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and hear a wolf talk, said to him:—

    I am going to see my grandmother, and carry her a custard and a little pot of butter from my mamma.

    Does she live far off? said the Wolf.

    Oh, yes, answered Little Red Riding-hood; it is beyond that mill you see there, the first house you come to in the village.

    Well, said the Wolf, and I’ll go and see her, too. I’ll go this way, and you go that, and we shall see who will be there first.

    The Wolf began to run as fast as he could, taking the shortest way, and the little girl went by the longest way, amusing herself by gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and making nosegays of such little flowers as she met with. The Wolf was not long before he reached the old woman’s house. He knocked at the door—tap, tap, tap.

    Who’s there? called the grandmother.

    Your grandchild, Little Red Riding-hood, replied the Wolf, imitating her voice, who has brought a custard and a little pot of butter sent to you by mamma.

    The good grandmother, who was in bed, because she was somewhat ill, cried out:—

    Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.

    The Wolf pulled the bobbin, and the door opened. He fell upon the good woman and ate her up in no time, for he had not eaten anything for more than three days. He then shut the door, went into the grandmother’s bed, and waited for Little Red Riding-hood, who came sometime afterward and knocked at the door—tap, tap, tap.

    Who’s there? called the Wolf.

    Little Red Riding-hood, hearing the big voice of the Wolf, was at first afraid; but thinking her grandmother had a cold, answered:—

    ’Tis your grandchild, Little Red Riding-hood, who has brought you a custard and a little pot of butter sent to you by mamma.

    The Wolf cried out to her, softening his voice a little:—

    Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.

    Little Red Riding-hood pulled the bobbin, and the door opened.

    The Wolf, seeing her come in, said to her, hiding himself under the bedclothes:—

    Put the custard and the little pot of butter upon the stool, and come and lie down with me.

    Little Red Riding-hood undressed herself and went into bed, where she was much surprised to see how her grandmother looked in

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