Summary
A cunning cat wins for his master a castle, a fortune, and the hand of a princess. Follows the adventures of a most inventive cat as he brings his young master from poverty to palace. Full description
Summary: |
A cunning cat wins for his master a castle, a fortune, and the hand of a princess. Follows the adventures of a most inventive cat as he brings his young master from poverty to palace. |
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Item Description: |
Translation of: Le chat botté. |
Physical Description: |
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
ISBN: |
0374361584 : 9780374361587 9682421713 (pbk.) 9789682421716 (pbk.) |
Author Notes: |
Perrault laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard). His stories continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera, ballet (for example, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty), theatre, and film. He also wrote Parallèles des Anciens et des Modernes (the Parallels between the Ancients and the Moderns), from 1688 to 1697, which compared the authors of antiquity unfavorably to more modern writers, and caused a debate that lasted for years. Charles Perrault died on May 16, 1703. (Bowker Author Biography) |