Fairy Tales & Folklore

Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French

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Charles Perrault and Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch's Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French is a folklore and fairy tales novel.

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About Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French

What began as a translation project became a retelling of four classic fairy tales from the Cabinet des Fees, the French collection of over forty volumes. "Certainly the translations, when finished, did not satisfy me, and so I turned back to the beginning and have rewritten the stories in my own way, which (as you may say with the Irish butler) “may not be the best claret, but ’tis the best ye’ve got.” —Preface - Summary by mlcui
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Who wrote Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French?

Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French was written by Charles Perrault and Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch.

What genre is Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French?

It is usually shelved as Fairy Tales & Folklore.

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Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 2 h 49 min.

What books are similar to Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French?

Readers who like it often enjoy Dracula, Little Women and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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