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  Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Other Classic Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Angela Carter, Introduction by Professor Jack Zipes

  

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  Short Description for Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Other Classic Fairy Tales of Charles PerraultTen 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, ada...
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  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Published: 01 June 2008
  • Format: Paperback 78 pages
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  • Categories: Folklore, Myths & Legends
  • ISBN 13: 9780143105367 ISBN 10: 0143105361
  • Sales rank: 187,663

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Full description for Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Other Classic Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

• 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.