Charles Perrault
- Tale Summary A gentleman takes a second wife, a haughty woman with two equally haughty daughters from a previous marriage. He has his own daughter from his first wife, who is equally as good and beautiful as her mother. This daughter is called 鈥
- Tale Summary There was once a young girl who was doted on by her mother and grandmother, who had made for her a red hood, which is how she gets her nickname 鈥楲ittle Red Riding-Hood鈥. Hearing that Little Red's grandmother has been ill, her mother
- Tale Summary A rich gentleman called Blue Beard is unable to find a new wife due to his unusual beard and rumors about his missing wives. After lavishly entertaining a group of ladies, the youngest daughter of a noble lady decides to marry him. He
- Tale Summary Griselidis Nouvelle tells the story of a young and valiant Prince who distrusts women. He is beloved by his people, who urge him to marry in order to have an heir, but his jealousy prevents him from seeking a wife. One day while hunting
- Tale Summary A princess lives in the palace with her parents the king and the queen, surrounded by interesting people and horses, and a donkey with big ears that, instead of producing waste, produces gold coins. The queen grows ill, and makes the
- Tale Summary A woodcutter, Blaise, is disappointed with his lot in life, and in the forest, one day, complains to himself out loud that not one of his wishes has ever come true. Jupiter appears thunderbolt in hand, and grants him three wishes,
- Tale Summary A king and queen, after much time, finally have a child, a baby girl. They invite all the fairies in the kingdom to be her godmothers. At the feast after the baptism, the seven fairy godmothers are each given a magnificent place setting
- Tale Summary A miller dies and leaves all he has to his three sons. The third and youngest is willed only a cat, to his dismay. He complains out loud that once he has eaten the cat and made a muff of its skin, he will have nothing left. The cat, who
- Tale Summary Seven siblings are born no more than three years apart into a poor family in which the youngest boy, named Hop-O鈥-My-Thumb, is deemed a weakly little fellow, but in fact, is actually the smartest in the group. His woodcutting parents
- Tale Summary Perrault鈥檚 version of Sleeping Beauty is quite different from versions popular today. When the king and queen fail to invite an elderly fairy to their daughter鈥檚 Christening, she arrives and curses the child. Another fairy, who had not