Fairy Tales in Verse and Prose/Les contes en vers et en prose (eBook)

Charles Perrault (Autor)

Stanley Appelbaum (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-11959-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This comprehensive text for students of French language or literature includes 3 tales in verse as well as much-loved prose favorites such as "Sleeping Beauty" and "Cinderella." Excellent English translations appear on facing pages.

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Based on the folkloric tales told by the widowed author to his motherless brood, this collection of traditional stories first appeared under Charles Perrault's name in the 18th century. In the fine tradition of Aesop, the fables enlighten as well as entertain, imparting practical moral advice. This dual-language edition features accurate new English translations on the pages facing the original French, in addition to an informative introduction and annotations. It opens with a trio of tales in verse: "e;Grisélidis,"e; the legend of a patient wife, derived from Boccaccio's Decameron; "e;Peau d'Ane"e; ("e;Donkey-Skin"e;), the story of a beauty in disguise; and a familiar farce known as "e;Les souhaits ridicules"e; ("e;The Ludicrous Wishes"e;). Well-known and much-loved prose tales follow: "e;Sleeping Beauty,"e; "e;Little Red Riding Hood,"e; "e;Puss in Boots,"e; "e;Cinderella,"e; and others. This is the most complete edition available in English, comprising the verse tales as well as those in prose, plus all the original prefaces, letters, introductions, morals, and more. Any student of French language or literature will welcome this comprehensive edition.

Inhalt

IntroductionContes en vers / Verse TalesPréface / PrefaceGrisélidis / Griselidis A Mademoiselle / To Mademoiselle Grisélidis: Nouvelle / Griselidis: A Novella "A Monsieur en lui envoyant Grisélidis / To Monsieur, with a Copy of "Griselidis" "Peau d'Ane / Donkey-Skin A Madame la marquise de L / To the Marquise de L Peau d'Ane / Donkey-SkinLes souhaits ridicules / The Ludicrous Wishes A Mademoiselle de la C / To Mademoiselle de la C Les souhaits ridicules / The Ludicrous WishesHistoires ou Contes de temps passé / Stories or Tales of Olden Days [Prose Tales] A Mademoiselle / To Mademoiselle La belle au bois dormant / The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest [Sleeping Beauty] Le Petit Chaperon Rouge / Little Red Hood [Little Red Riding Hood] La Barbe-Bleue / Bluebeard "Le Maître Chat ou Le Chat Botté / The Capable Cat; or, Puss in Boots" Les fées / The Fairies "Cendrillon ou La petite pantoufle de verre / Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" Riquet à la Houppe / Riquet-with-the-Tuft Le Petit Poucet / Little Thumbling [Tom Thumb]"Annexe: "Peau d'Ane" en prose / Appendix: Prose Version of "Donkey-Skin" "Peau d'Ane" en prose (1781) / "Donkey-Skin" in Prose (1781)"

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.12.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Dual Language French
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-486-11959-9 / 0486119599
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-11959-5 / 9780486119595