| Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Other Classic Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Contributor(s): Carter, Angela (Author), Zipes, Jack (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143105361 ISBN-13: 9780143105367 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2008 Annotation: 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 Englandas 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 398.209 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 5.12" W x 7.74" (0.31 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ten beloved fairy tales, given new life by the one and only Angela Carter Little Red Riding Hood. Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty. Bluebeard. The Fairies. 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |