Old-Time Stories
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About This Book
'Old Time Stories Told by Master Charles Perrault' is translated from the original French by A. E. Johnson, and presented alongside the captivating illustrations of William Heath Robinson. It includes such classics of the fairy tale genre 'Sleeping Beauty', 'Cinderella', 'Bluebeard', 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Little Red Riding Hood', 'Tom Thumb', and many more. Charles Perrault (1628 - 1703), was among the first writers to bring magical children's stories into the literary mainstream, proving to his original seventeenth century readers that such works were important, enjoyable, as well as thoug...
Chapters (183)
- OLD-TIME STORIES
- OLD-TIME STORIES
- PREFATORY NOTE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- COLOURED PLATES
- BLACK-AND-WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD
- PUSS IN BOOTS
- LITTLE TOM THUMB
- THE FAIRIES
- RICKY OF THE TUFT
- CINDERELLA
- LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
- BLUE BEARD
- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
- THE FRIENDLY FROG
- PRINCESS ROSETTE
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