Table of Contents

Introduction
Tales in Verse
Preface
The History of Griselda
Three Silly Wishes
Donkey-Skin
Stories or Tales of Bygone Times, With Their Morals
The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
Little Red Riding-Hood
Bluebeard
Puss in Boots
The Fairies
Cinderella
Ricky the Tuft
Hop o' my Thumb

About the Author

Christopher Betts was a Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Warwick until retirement. He has translated Montesquieu's Persian Letters for Penguin, and Rousseau's Social Contract and Jean de La Fontaine's Selected Fables for Oxford World's Classics.

Reviews

"Bett's new edition positions Perrault in relation to the many other tales in circulation before and after, offering helpful comparisions." - Margaret Reynolds"Bett's new translation of the tales is subtle and clever." - Margaret Reynolds, The Times