Project Gutenberg 2010-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 238 Perrault, Charles 1628 1703 Lang, Andrew 1844 1912 Lang, Walter Andrew Contes des fées Popular Tales Lang's introduction is in English; the tales are in French. Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Introduction / [Andrew Lang] -- La belle au bois dormant -- Le Petit Chaperon Rouge -- Le Barbe Bleuë -- Le maistre chat, ou, Le chat botté -- Les fées -- Cendrillon, ou, La petite pantoufle de verre -- Riquet à la houppe -- Le petit pouçet. Produced by Fritz Ohrenschall, Carol Brown, Sania Ali Mirza and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Popular Tales" by Charles Perrault is a collection of fairy tales written in the late 17th century. This work includes well-known stories such as "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Little Red Riding Hood," exploring themes of morality, love, and adventure through enchanting narratives and fantastical characters. Perrault's tales have significantly influenced the fairy tale genre and continue to capture the imaginations of readers across generations. At the start of the collection, an introduction provides context on Charles Perrault's life and literary contributions, emphasizing his role in popularizing stories that blend folk traditions with sophisticated literary style. The introduction highlights how these tales, originally oral traditions, made their way to the courts of France, where they were embraced by nobility and ultimately transformed into printed tales. Readers are drawn into the charm of these stories with familiar settings and characters, setting the stage for the magical narratives to unfold in the subsequent tales. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en fr Fairy tales -- France PQ PZ Text FR Contes Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 485596 485602 2024-10-14T10:11:35.567857 2023-09-15T04:47:55.833848 text/html text/html 485501 2010-10-13T12:38:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 263354 2010-10-13T12:38:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 342215 2024-10-14T10:11:46.157904 application/epub+zip 351127 2024-10-14T10:11:38.219862 application/epub+zip 246540 2024-10-14T10:11:36.511812 application/epub+zip 513232 2024-10-14T10:11:51.012740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 607180 2024-10-14T10:11:45.160834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488661 2022-09-15T12:38:49.571742 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401736 401608 2024-10-14T10:11:33.942840 2023-09-15T04:47:54.324833 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 398185 2010-10-13T12:38:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 154973 2010-10-13T12:38:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 398341 2010-10-13T12:38:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153413 2010-10-13T12:38:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23168 2024-10-14T10:11:51.182764 application/rdf+xml 9885 2024-10-14T10:11:37.122819 image/jpeg 2630 2024-10-14T10:11:36.818825 image/jpeg 329034 2024-10-14T10:11:35.616836 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia