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# 4.6/5 star reader rating Classic Gustave Doré illustrations 400+ years of timeless tales The Complete Fairy Tales

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## Summary

> 📖 Unlock the timeless magic of fairy tales that shaped culture and imagination!

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## Key Features

- • **Rich Historical Context:** Oxford World's Classics edition offers authoritative notes, introductions, and bibliographies for deeper insight.
- • **Literary Legacy Reimagined:** Dive into the original fairy tales that shaped generations, from Little Red Riding-Hood to Cinderella.
- • **Expertly Translated Edition:** Christopher Betts’ fresh translation preserves wit and nuance for modern readers without losing classic charm.
- • **Not Your Average Fairy Tales:** Unfiltered, sometimes dark narratives that challenge today’s sanitized children’s stories—perfect for discerning readers.
- • **Iconic Illustrations Included:** Experience Gustave Doré’s haunting woodcut-style art that adds depth and atmosphere to every story.

## Overview

The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault is a masterfully translated Oxford World's Classics edition featuring all the foundational stories like Sleeping Beauty and Puss in Boots, enhanced with iconic Gustave Doré illustrations. With a 4.6-star rating and authoritative scholarly notes, this volume offers a rich, authentic experience of the original fairy tales that continue to influence literature and culture over 400 years later.

## Description

'Oh grandmama, what great big teeth you have!' Charles Perrault's versions gave classic status to the humble fairy tale, and it is in his telling that the stories of Little Red Riding-Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and the rest have been passed down from the seventeenth century to the present day. Perrault's tales were enjoyed in the salons of Louis XIV as much as they were loved in the nursery, and it is their wit, humour, and lively detail that capture the imagination of adult and child alike. They transmute into vivid fantasies the hidden fears and conflicts by which children are affected: fears of abandonment, or worse, conflicts with siblings and parents, and the trials of growing up. In addition to the familiar stories, this edition also includes the three verse tales - the troubling account of patient Griselda, the comic Three Silly Wishes , and the notorious Donkey-Skin . This new translation by Christopher Betts captures the tone and flavour of Perrault's world, and the delightful spirit of the originals. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Review: The foundation for literary fairy stories as we know them. - It is almost 400 years since Perrault's birth, and if that seems a long time, it is! So it is hugely is completely remarkable that so many tales in his collection are established in our psyche. Here, in one volume, we find "Sleeping Beauty," "Little Red Riding-Hood," "Bluebeard," "Puss in Boots," and "Cinderella." Surely, through their presence in the nurseries of Europe and across the generations, these stories have had as much influence on how we view the world as those of other more celebrated authors like Shakespeare. Of course, it is not completely clear whether Perrault created all of these tales or 'merely' rendered them into a literary form and so made them available to us so many years later. Nevertheless, it seems certain that Perrault added to and polished his stories, working and re-working the texts between published editions and so improving the narratives making them more substantial and more memorable. This edition is enhanced by a collection of illustrations by Gustave Doré. Rather sadly, the book takes no more than one brief paragraph to comment about this artist who was born almost two hundred years after the author. His woodcut-effect pictures go a long way to capture the tone of the tales and little details (like the heaped plate of babies at the Ogre's banquet table in Puss in Boots) add a further dimension to the reader's perception. On the other hand, illustrations (just like the Disney and Pixar films) tend to cement fairy tales in a particular mythical past. Although the originals were also written in the past tense, they were intended to apply to the here and now of the audience's imagination. For today's reader, the stories lack immediacy and urgency: they require a creative leap into a past of castles and kings. Not, of course, that this is a bad thing for extending how we (and especially children) toy with new ideas and develop their play and thoughts, but there is a risk that the result is a belief that the core message of the old tales does not apply to us because the world has moved on. In his translation, Christopher Betts has drawn on previous work and done a fine job tackling the verse: by far from an easy task! A little more editorial care would have been welcome, however. It is a shame to stumble over small details, but (for example) in The Fairies, while the translator adds a good note about why the title is in the plural when the story contains only one fairy, he fails to update the text so that the fairy's gift "at every word you speak, from your mouth a flower will come, or else a precious stone" mysteriously only yields "two roses, two pearls, and two great diamonds" when the girl says "I beg your pardon, mother, for having taken so long." Has the fairy short-changed the poor girl? Whatever the details, these stories should be required reading for all fairy tale enthusiasts. They lay the foundation for literary fairy stories as we know them.
Review: Fabulous tales and illustrations - Great tales probably not suitable for today's wimpy children as they're not soft and fluffy with happy endings. The illustrations are superb and disturbing and fit the stories very well. Not the highest quality book but i wasn't expecting it to be at the price but I still recommend it highly

## Features

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 68,982 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 18 in Children's Literature Studies 409 in Fiction Classics for Young Adults 26,577 in Science Fiction & Fantasy (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 281 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The foundation for literary fairy stories as we know them.
*by A***L on 5 September 2016*

It is almost 400 years since Perrault's birth, and if that seems a long time, it is! So it is hugely is completely remarkable that so many tales in his collection are established in our psyche. Here, in one volume, we find "Sleeping Beauty," "Little Red Riding-Hood," "Bluebeard," "Puss in Boots," and "Cinderella." Surely, through their presence in the nurseries of Europe and across the generations, these stories have had as much influence on how we view the world as those of other more celebrated authors like Shakespeare. Of course, it is not completely clear whether Perrault created all of these tales or 'merely' rendered them into a literary form and so made them available to us so many years later. Nevertheless, it seems certain that Perrault added to and polished his stories, working and re-working the texts between published editions and so improving the narratives making them more substantial and more memorable. This edition is enhanced by a collection of illustrations by Gustave Doré. Rather sadly, the book takes no more than one brief paragraph to comment about this artist who was born almost two hundred years after the author. His woodcut-effect pictures go a long way to capture the tone of the tales and little details (like the heaped plate of babies at the Ogre's banquet table in Puss in Boots) add a further dimension to the reader's perception. On the other hand, illustrations (just like the Disney and Pixar films) tend to cement fairy tales in a particular mythical past. Although the originals were also written in the past tense, they were intended to apply to the here and now of the audience's imagination. For today's reader, the stories lack immediacy and urgency: they require a creative leap into a past of castles and kings. Not, of course, that this is a bad thing for extending how we (and especially children) toy with new ideas and develop their play and thoughts, but there is a risk that the result is a belief that the core message of the old tales does not apply to us because the world has moved on. In his translation, Christopher Betts has drawn on previous work and done a fine job tackling the verse: by far from an easy task! A little more editorial care would have been welcome, however. It is a shame to stumble over small details, but (for example) in The Fairies, while the translator adds a good note about why the title is in the plural when the story contains only one fairy, he fails to update the text so that the fairy's gift "at every word you speak, from your mouth a flower will come, or else a precious stone" mysteriously only yields "two roses, two pearls, and two great diamonds" when the girl says "I beg your pardon, mother, for having taken so long." Has the fairy short-changed the poor girl? Whatever the details, these stories should be required reading for all fairy tale enthusiasts. They lay the foundation for literary fairy stories as we know them.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fabulous tales and illustrations
*by M***S on 17 December 2022*

Great tales probably not suitable for today's wimpy children as they're not soft and fluffy with happy endings. The illustrations are superb and disturbing and fit the stories very well. Not the highest quality book but i wasn't expecting it to be at the price but I still recommend it highly

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Wonderful Edition.
*by D***1 on 3 January 2026*

A wonderful edition of possible the most influential collection of fairy tales ever transcriped.

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