The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
Author | : Angela Carter |
Publisher | : Penguin Classics |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 0141189959 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780141189956 |
Rating | : 4/5 (956 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault written by Angela Carter and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2008 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Eighteenth Century France, Charles Perrault Rescued From The Oral Tradition Fairy Tales That Are Known And Loved Even Today By Virtually All Children In The West. Angela Carter Came Across Perrault'S Work And Set Out To Adapt The Stories For Modern Readers Of English. In Breathing New Life Into These Classic Fables, She Produced Versions That Live On As Classics In Their Own Right, Marked As Much By Her Signature Wit, Irony, And Subversiveness As They Are By The Qualities That Have Made Them Universally Appealing For Centuries.