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Some of the happiest memories of childhood often come from memorable magical tales. Rediscover this magic with this collection of fairy tales and stories. This volume includes Little Red Riding-Hood, The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, The Looking Glass, Her Husband by Anton Chekhov, The Gift of The Magi by O. Henry.
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It is to Perrault that we owe our acquaintance with the greater number of good old-fashioned fairy-tales, but an edition of these, although it includes such intimate friends of our childhood as Blue Beard, the Sleeping Beauty, and Little Red Riding-Hood, is hardly complete without "Beauty and the Beast", a version of this tale, by Mme. Le Prince de Beaumont, has, therefore, been added to this collection. It has also been increased, space permitting...
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The fairy tale Little Thumbling is written by Charles Perrault. LIttle Thumbling is the youngest and smallest at home. One day all the brothers end up at the house of a giant who wants to eat them. But Little Thumbling outsmarts the giant! The moral of the story is: even if you are small, you can do great things. Recommended for age 4+.
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Some of the most iconic tales made it into this volume of Fairy Tales for Adults. These stories with universal appeal for generations of all ages bring some of the most memorable characters together. They seem both familiar and mysterious every time one comes in contact with them. The eternal wisdom and charm keeps these stories alive for hundreds of years. This volume includes: Beauty and the Beast, Blue Beard, Cinderella by Charles Perrault, The...
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Once upon a time there was a king and a queen, who were very sorry that they had no children, so sorry that it cannot be told. At last, however, the Queen had a daughter. There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (there were seven of them), so that every one of them might confer a gift upon her, as was the custom of fairies in those days. By this means the Princess...
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"The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault" is a collection of stories by the French author credited with creating the fairy tale genre. After a lengthy career in service to his King, Perrault devoted the rest of his life to writing and in 1697 published "Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals", or "Tales of Mother Goose", which included such iconic tales as "Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Puss in Boots", and "Bluebeard"....
7) Les Contes
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Perrault a recueilli, réécrit et publié en 1697 les grands contes oraux français. Petits et grands reconnaitront ses grands classiques tels : La Belle aux bois dormant, Le Chat botté ou Le Petit Chaperon rouge.
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Une édition de référence des Contes de ma mère l'Oye de Charles Perrault, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Cependant les fées commencèrent à faire leurs dons à la princesse. La plus jeune lui donna pour don qu'elle serait la plus belle personne du monde ; celle d'après, qu'elle aurait de l'esprit comme un ange ; la troisième, qu'elle aurait une grâce admirable à tout ce qu'elle ferait ; la quatrième,...
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Extrait : "Je suis né à Paris, le 12 janvier 1628 ; je fus nommé Charles par mon frère le receveur-général des finances, qui me tint sur les fonts avec Françoise Pepin, ma cousine. Ma mère se donna la peine de m'apprendre à lire, après quoi on m'envoya au collège de Beauvais, à l'âge de huit ans et demi. J'y ai fait toutes mes études, ainsi que tous mes frères."
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