Review of 'Classic Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Who doesn't love fairy tales?
These particular ones don't seem quite as brutal and gruesome as those from Grimm Bros., though Red Riding Hood and her grandmother both get eaten up with no remorse here. Cinderella has a happier ending than I remember in Grimm which occurs a century later. Blue Beard was quite lovely and definitely drastic in an early attempt at the modern day suspense/thriller, particularly at the denouement. I hadn't come across Riquet with the Tuft before, but it certainly fits in well in a century with vapid pretty people and celebrities like Kim Kardashian.
This particular volume has a nice mini biography of Perrault as well as one for the artist Clarke who provides some lovely illustrations, though their recreations could have been higher quality for display in the ebook version I read here. I'm sure that printed versions would have been much lovelier.
I'm tempted …
Who doesn't love fairy tales?
These particular ones don't seem quite as brutal and gruesome as those from Grimm Bros., though Red Riding Hood and her grandmother both get eaten up with no remorse here. Cinderella has a happier ending than I remember in Grimm which occurs a century later. Blue Beard was quite lovely and definitely drastic in an early attempt at the modern day suspense/thriller, particularly at the denouement. I hadn't come across Riquet with the Tuft before, but it certainly fits in well in a century with vapid pretty people and celebrities like Kim Kardashian.
This particular volume has a nice mini biography of Perrault as well as one for the artist Clarke who provides some lovely illustrations, though their recreations could have been higher quality for display in the ebook version I read here. I'm sure that printed versions would have been much lovelier.
I'm tempted to go back to re-read this in the original French simply for its beauty.
I was surprised to see a reference to sunglasses, and am curious if it's original to the French text or a byproduct of a dreamy translation.