Perrault
Perrault, C., & Saint-Germain, J.T. de. (1865). Contes de Perrault. Librairie de Théodore Lefèvre et Cie, Émile Guérin. Maastricht University Special Collections. Call number: MU KEMP 079
Charles Perrault (1628-1703) is well known for collecting and transcribing oral traditional French fairy tales. While the tales have various origins, they were mainly inspired by the works of Virgil and Apuleius, though there was also inspiration taken from the works of Straparola and Basile. Unlike the Brothers Grimm, Perrault reworked the tales with children…
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