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Fabulae Gallicae - A Carolo Peralto Scriptae
If you want to find yourself in a magical world that is both familiar and strange, Fabulae Gallicae is the book for you.
In 1697 the French author Charles Perrault published his book of fairytales, Histoires ou contes du temps passé . It was a book filled with stories very well-known today. Stories that have been re-told over generations, read for amusement, adapted for cinema and stage alike, inspired songs and more stories.
Fabulae Gallicae is something it is Perrault’s wonderful, surprising, and sometimes cruel, book of fairytales translated into elegant Latin. It includes eight Cinerella, Magae, Barba Caerulea, Cucullus Ruber, Pollicellus, Cattus Catus, Asini Pellis, Bella Puella in Silva Sopita .
For the Latin enthusiast, it is a great engaging, timeless stories in the language of the Romans.
Fabulae Gallicae has been translated with diligence and care and should not be mistaken for a beginners book. Instead, it is a book where both the stories and the language is to be enjoyed. For learners of Latin it is a great book to aspire to read later on, for advanced readers it is a very welcome sight in the bookshelf.
Fabulae Gallicae comes with a vocabulary list for Latin-French-English-Spanish.
In 1697 the French author Charles Perrault published his book of fairytales, Histoires ou contes du temps passé . It was a book filled with stories very well-known today. Stories that have been re-told over generations, read for amusement, adapted for cinema and stage alike, inspired songs and more stories.
Fabulae Gallicae is something it is Perrault’s wonderful, surprising, and sometimes cruel, book of fairytales translated into elegant Latin. It includes eight Cinerella, Magae, Barba Caerulea, Cucullus Ruber, Pollicellus, Cattus Catus, Asini Pellis, Bella Puella in Silva Sopita .
For the Latin enthusiast, it is a great engaging, timeless stories in the language of the Romans.
Fabulae Gallicae has been translated with diligence and care and should not be mistaken for a beginners book. Instead, it is a book where both the stories and the language is to be enjoyed. For learners of Latin it is a great book to aspire to read later on, for advanced readers it is a very welcome sight in the bookshelf.
Fabulae Gallicae comes with a vocabulary list for Latin-French-English-Spanish.
158 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2020
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About the author
Charles Perrault
2,285 books426 followersCharles Perrault was a French author who laid foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, and whose best known tales, offered as if they were pre-existing folk tales, include: Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Bluebeard, Hop o' My Thumb), Diamonds and Toads, Patient Griselda, The Ridiculous Wishes...
Perrault's most famous stories are still in print today and have been made into operas, ballets (e.g., Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty), plays, musicals, and films, both live-action and animation.
The Brothers Grimm retold their own versions of some of Perrault's fairy tales.
Perrault's most famous stories are still in print today and have been made into operas, ballets (e.g., Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty), plays, musicals, and films, both live-action and animation.
The Brothers Grimm retold their own versions of some of Perrault's fairy tales.
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October 12, 2025
This is an excellent book for anyone with at least an intermediate knowledge of Latin who is looking to improve his fluency in reading. The quality of the Latin is excellent, highly readable and yet still true to the quirks and idiosyncracies endemic to the language. These fabulae are fun to read in their own right but also provide a useful bridge between the Latin of student texts books to the ancient and medieval authors that most who study language aspire to read with fluency.
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