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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814347703321

Autore

Perrault Charles <1628-1703.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-881797-5

1-282-38315-9

9786612383151

0-19-157158-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

li, 204 p. : ill

Classificazione

LIT022000LIT009000LCO008020

Altri autori (Persone)

BettsC. J

Disciplina

843/.4

Soggetti

Fairy tales - France

Children's stories, French

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Perrault's fairy tales in a scintillating translation, including the less familiar verse tales and with illustrations by Gustave Doré. The introduction explores the imaginative power of the stories and the many interpretations to which they have been subject.