Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2005-11-18 Public domain in the USA. 96 Perrault, Charles 1628 1703 Ripart, Georges 1871 Ripart, G. (Georges) Riquet à la Houppe: Conte Reading ease score: 71.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Riquet à la Houppe: Conte" by Charles Perrault is a classic fairy tale written during the late 17th century. This enchanting story illustrates themes of beauty and intelligence through the experiences of a prince born with an unusual appearance yet endowed with great intellect. The book is a whimsical exploration of love, acceptance, and the interplay between outer beauty and inner worth. The narrative centers around Riquet, a prince who, despite being unattractive, possesses the magical ability to confer intelligence to the one he loves. The story unfolds as Riquet falls in love with a beautiful princess who lacks wit. After promising to marry Riquet, the princess gains intelligence through their bond, which complicates her feelings as she learns to appreciate Riquet’s qualities. Ultimately, the themes of personal transformation and the value of kindness and intellect over superficial beauty emerge as Riquet finds his own true worth as the princess learns to see beyond appearances. The tale concludes with a celebration of love that transcends the barriers imposed by society’s judgments on beauty and intellect. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Fairy tales PZ Text FR Contes Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 39369 39054 2024-10-07T13:49:41.983855 2023-09-08T04:33:54.758438 text/html text/html 34563 2020-12-12T21:57:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 429606 2020-12-12T21:57:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 493686 2024-10-07T13:49:47.191832 application/epub+zip 492476 2024-10-07T13:49:44.337882 application/epub+zip 81274 2024-10-07T13:49:42.571869 application/epub+zip 1040480 2024-10-07T13:49:48.836903 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1033543 2024-10-07T13:49:45.875876 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140640 2022-09-08T09:14:17.043204 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33876 33603 2024-10-07T13:49:41.727851 2023-09-08T04:33:54.592454 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 33454 2020-12-12T21:57:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 12620 2020-12-12T21:57:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20726 2024-10-07T13:49:48.965821 application/rdf+xml 13012 2024-10-07T13:49:43.106888 image/jpeg 3632 2024-10-07T13:49:42.839866 image/jpeg 496061 2024-10-07T13:49:42.003870 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia fr.wikipedia