Fairy Tales

by Madame d'Aulnoy

This is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we believe they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

538 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1855

About the author

Madame d'Aulnoy (Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy) (1650/1651–4 January 1705) was a French writer known for her fairy tales. When she termed her works contes de fées (fairy tales, or literally, "Tales of the Fairies."), she originated the term that is now generally used for the genre. Her 'fairy tales' were written in a style suitable for entertaining in adult salon gatherings, and not with a child audience in mind.

d'Aulnoy also wrote works of history (although not using modern attitudes to historical accuracy), pseudo-memoirs, and a few historical novels.

Born a member of the noble Le Jumel de Barneville family, she was known as the baronne d'Aulnoy by marriage.

Reviews

[Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fairy Tales is a classic collection of French stories. It is on the 1001 Children's Books You Must Read list. This is the only copy of these stories that I could find. Be warned that this version is poorly translated into English from the French, with many errors in verb tenses, in use of pronouns, and in vocabulary. In addition, many pages are poorly scanned, and the resulting pages are unreadable.

[Katja Labonté · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read The Blue Bird for my Cornerstone Series retelling, A Noble Solace!