Project Gutenberg 2009-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 1461 Perrault, Charles 1628 1703 Clarke, Harry 1889 1931 Clarke, Henry Patrick Mansion, J. E. (Jean Edmond) 1870 1942 Mansion, Jean Edmond Samber, Robert The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoires_ou_contes_du_temps_pass%C3%A9 Little Red Riding-hood -- The fairy -- Blue Beard -- The sleeping beauty in the wood -- The master cat: or, Puss-in-Boots -- Cinderilla: or, The little glass slipper -- Riquet with the tuft -- Little Thumb -- The ridiculous wishes -- Donkey-skin. E-text prepared by Sankar Viswanathan, Suzanne Shell, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault" by Charles Perrault is a collection of classic fairy tales written in the late 17th century. This anthology features famous stories such as "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," and "Blue Beard," among others, which have been beloved for generations. Each tale intertwines moral lessons with enchanting narratives, highlighting themes of transformation, curiosity, and the trials of love. The opening of this collection sets the stage for the magical worlds Perrault creates. It begins with "Little Red Riding Hood," where a naive young girl is sent to visit her grandmother, unwittingly encountering the cunning Wolf. This tale quickly establishes the dichotomy between innocence and deception, foreshadowing the dangers that come from straying from the path of caution. The subsequent story, "The Fairy," introduces a young girl who is rewarded for her kindness with the gift of jewels and flowers with every word spoken, in stark contrast to her ungracious sister, who is cursed to spew snakes and toads. Through these initial narratives, Perrault masterfully illustrates the interplay of virtue and vice, setting the tone for the whimsical and moralistic storytelling that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fairy tales PQ PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: Classics of Literature Category: French Literature 224290 2025-06-12T05:39:07.094343 text/html 222094 2009-06-01T15:06:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2587504 2009-06-01T15:12:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2759074 2025-06-12T05:39:16.278286 application/epub+zip 2760264 2025-06-12T05:39:11.095297 application/epub+zip 151507 2025-06-12T05:39:09.450315 application/epub+zip 2928421 2025-06-12T05:39:19.853281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2903029 2025-06-12T05:39:15.072328 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276424 2022-09-13T12:41:12.323824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 180643 2025-06-12T05:39:06.177330 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 180252 2009-06-01T15:01:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 68113 2009-06-01T15:01:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 180260 2009-06-01T15:01:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 68086 2009-06-01T15:01:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22657 2025-06-12T05:39:20.035257 application/rdf+xml 15450 2025-06-12T05:39:10.052318 image/jpeg 3731 2025-06-12T05:39:09.742305 image/jpeg 2688244 2025-06-12T05:39:07.254328 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia