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Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Other Classic Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Paperback - 2008
by Angela Carter; Introduction by Jack Zipes
Ten beloved fairy tales, given new life by the one and onlyAngela CarterMany classic fairy tale characters might not have survived into the present were it not for Charles Perrault, a seventeenth-century French civil servant who rescued them from the oral tradition and committed them to paper. Three centuries later, Angela Carter, widely regarded as one of England's most imaginative writers, adapted them for contemporary readers. The result is a cornucopia of fantastic characters and timeless adventures, stylishly retold by a modern literary visionary.
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Ten beloved fairy tales, given new life by the one and only Angela Carter
Many classic fairy tale characters might not have survived into the present were it not for Charles Perrault, a seventeenth-century French civil servant who rescued them from the oral tradition and committed them to paper. Three centuries later, Angela Carter, widely regarded as one of England’s most imaginative writers, adapted them for contemporary readers. The result is a cornucopia of fantastic characters and timeless adventures, stylishly retold by a modern literary visionary.
Many classic fairy tale characters might not have survived into the present were it not for Charles Perrault, a seventeenth-century French civil servant who rescued them from the oral tradition and committed them to paper. Three centuries later, Angela Carter, widely regarded as one of England’s most imaginative writers, adapted them for contemporary readers. The result is a cornucopia of fantastic characters and timeless adventures, stylishly retold by a modern literary visionary.
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- Title Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Other Classic Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
- Author Angela Carter; Introduction by Jack Zipes
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 112
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group
- Date 2008-06-01
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143105367 / 0143105361
- Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.74 x 5.12 x 0.33 in (19.66 x 13.00 x 0.84 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Fairy tales, Children's stories, French
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.209
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