The Tales of Mother Goose - Bilingual Edition: English-French (Paperback)

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At the age of 67, French author Charles Perrault lost his employment and decided to focus on his children. In 1697 he published a collection of short stories based on existing folk tales, "Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passe." These stories, presented in this volume, are some of the most well-known children's stories in the western world, including "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" ("Little Red Riding-Hood"), "Cendrillon" ("Cinderella"), "Le Chat Botte" ("Puss in Boots"), and "La Belle au Bois Dormant" ("The Sleeping Beauty"). Because of this collection of short morality stories, Perrault is often credited with creating the literary genre of the fairy tale.
Other bilingual books available from Sleeping Cat Press: (PDF ebook versions also available)
"The Picture of Dorian Gray
Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
Candide
Shakespeare's Sonnets
New Fairy Tales for Small Children
The Count of Monte Cristo (Unabridged)"

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ILLUSTRATED EDITION
At the age of 67, French author Charles Perrault lost his employment and decided to focus on his children. In 1697 he published a collection of short stories based on existing folk tales, "Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passe." These stories, presented in this volume, are some of the most well-known children's stories in the western world, including "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" ("Little Red Riding-Hood"), "Cendrillon" ("Cinderella"), "Le Chat Botte" ("Puss in Boots"), and "La Belle au Bois Dormant" ("The Sleeping Beauty"). Because of this collection of short morality stories, Perrault is often credited with creating the literary genre of the fairy tale.
Other bilingual books available from Sleeping Cat Press: (PDF ebook versions also available)
"The Picture of Dorian Gray
Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
Candide
Shakespeare's Sonnets
New Fairy Tales for Small Children
The Count of Monte Cristo (Unabridged)"

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Sleeping Cat Books

Country of origin

United States

Release date

February 2014

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February 2014

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Dimensions

216 x 140 x 8mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

134

ISBN-13

978-0-9914407-2-6

Barcode

9780991440726

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0-9914407-2-2



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