The Complete Fairy Tales / Charles Perrault ; translated with an introduction and notes by Christopher Betts.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.Description: liii, 204 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cmISBN:

9780198817970

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Short stories.
Selections. English

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843.4 23 PER

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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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Literature	Fiction	843.4 PER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		41914

Translated from the French.

This translation originally published: 2009.

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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