The Complete Fairy Tales (Oxford World\'s Classics) torrent

The Complete Fairy Tales (Oxford World\'s Classics)
Charles Perrault (Author), Christopher Betts (Author)

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Reprint edition (November 5, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199585806
ISBN-13: 978-0199585809

Review:
Review from previous edition: \"an excellent new translation by Christopher Betts, with the added bonus of illustrations by Dore\" --Amanda Craig, The Times 17/10/2009

\"This is a new translation by Christopher Betts, and it\'s magnificent. The verse and the later prose tales leap off the page, as do the wonderful Dore illustrations.\" --Fortean Times, January 2010

\"The world has waited over 300 years for a really good critical edition in English of the fairy tales of Charles Perrault. Now we have in this book a reference version which will be hard for any scholar to surpass in years to come....this excellent book.\" --Books for Keeps, January 2010

Product Description:
The fairy tales of Perrault--stories that are known and loved around the world--are now available in this scintillating paperback edition, with twenty-six stunning illustrations by Gustave Doré. The superb translation by Christopher Betts exactly captures the tone and flavor of Perrault\'s world, and the delightful spirit of the originals. In addition to the classic prose tales--including The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Little Red Riding-Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, and Hop o\' my Thumb--this new translation adds Perrault\'s tales in verse: a long poem on the subject of Patient Griselda; the notorious Donkey-Skin; and the comic Three Silly Wishes. Bett\'s introduction deftly illuminates why in Perrault\'s hands these humble fairy tales have such great imaginative power, showing how they transmute into vivid fantasies the hidden fears and conflicts by which children are affected--fears of abandonment, conflicts with siblings and parents--and resolve so satisfactorily the problems experienced by children while growing up. The volume also includes appendices on related tales and selected variants, a bibliography, chronology, and notes.