HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. `She promised her godmother that she would not fail to leave the ball before midnight, and away she went, beside herself with delight...''Charles Perrault''s time-honoured stories have been passed down from the seventeenth century to the present day, giving us the classic fairy tales that people of all ages know and adore: Cinderella, with the glass slipper that will fit her foot alone; the princess who is cursed to sleep for a hundred years until true love''s kiss wakes her; Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf, and many, many more.Like the Brothers Grimm after him, Perrault took childhood fears and turned them into inspiriting fantasies. Full of humanity and a surprising wit, the impact these fables has had on imaginations young and old cannot be overstated.


ISBN: 9780008147457
Nr pagini: 208 pages
Format: 111 x 178 x 10mm | 75g
Anul aparitiei: 21 Sep 2015