Charles Perrault
(1628 - 1703)
Charles Perrault (January 12, 1628 – May 16, 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 pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard). Many of Perrault’s stories, which were rewritten by the Brothers Grimm, continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera, ballet (such as Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty), theatre, and film (Disney). Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th-century French literary scene, and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns.
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Histories or Tales of Past Times Told by Mother Goose (1729)
Bibliography
Aunt Louisa’s London Toy Books: Diamonds and Toads (1871)
A fairy tale with color illustrations. Read online at the University of Florida. Or at archive.org. It is the first story in this compilation.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 15 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Rudyard Kipling
Charles Perrault
Et al
Don Freeman
Fritz Kredel
Henry C. Pitz
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 30 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Rose Fyleman
Charles Kingsley
Charles Perrault
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 8 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.
Charles Perrault
Jonathan Swift
Et al
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Cinderella (1978)
The kitchen maid attends the palace ball with the help of her fairy godmother.
Cinderella (1985)
A girl, a grate, a godmother, and a glass slipper combine to lead to happiness.
Charles Perrault
Cinderella and Other Tales from Perrault (1989)
A selection of eight classic French fairy tales.
Read online at archive.org.
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 2 (1962)
This collection includes fables, folk tales, and fairy tales.
Brothers Grimm
Joseph Jacobs
Rudyard Kipling
Charles Perrault
Howard Pyle
Ruth Sawyer
Et al
Irwin Greenberg
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Et al
Fairy Tales (1985)
Seven favorite fairy tales by different authors and artists.
Charles Perrault
Et al
Gustaf Tenggren
Et al
Histories, or Tales of Past Times (1729)
This is the first English translation of Charles Perrault's collection of fairy tales, containing:
- The Little Red Riding Hood
- The Fairy (Diamonds and Toads)
- The Blue Beard
- The Sleeping Beauty (in the Wood)
- The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots
- Cinderilla, or the Little Glass Slipper
- Riquet à la Houppe (Riquet of the Tuft)
- Little Poucet and his Brothers (Hop o' My Thumb)
as well as an adult 'novel' - The Discreet Princess, or the Adventures of Finetta - by Perrault's relative Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier de Villandon.
Only a single copy of this first edition is known to exist.
This edition contains the morals, which are often left out, particularly in modern editions.
Tales of Passed Times (1900)
In addition to the famous eight tales of Perrault, including their morals, this edition includes Beauty and the Beast and two tales by Madame d'Aulnoy. Read online at Internet Archive.
Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Charles Perrault
Tales of Passed Times (1922)
Eight famous fairy tales first published in French in 1697. They include Little Red Riding Hood, Blue Beard, The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. This edition does not include the morals. Read online at Internet Archive.