Les Contes de ma mère l’Oye
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Les Contes de ma mère l’Oye is the famous subtitle under which Charles Perrault’s classic 1697 collection of French fairy tales—featuring stories like “Cinderella,” “Sleeping Beauty,” and “Little Red Riding Hood”—became widely known.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Contes de ma mère l’Oye | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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fairy tale collection ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
ballets
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children’s picture books ⓘ films ⓘ operas ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tales of Mother Goose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Charles Perrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | oral folk tales ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Cendrillon, ou la petite pantoufle de verre
NERFINISHED
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La Barbe bleue NERFINISHED ⓘ La Belle au bois dormant NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Petit Chaperon rouge NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Petit Poucet NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Fées NERFINISHED ⓘ Peau d’Âne NERFINISHED ⓘ Riquet à la houppe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Claude Barbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
children’s literature
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fairy tale ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bluebeard
NERFINISHED
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Cinderella NERFINISHED ⓘ Donkeyskin NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Red Riding Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ Riquet with the Tuft NERFINISHED ⓘ Sleeping Beauty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Thumb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | true ⓘ |
| hasMoral | explicit verse morals at the end of tales ⓘ |
| hasMoralizingElements | true ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the earliest literary fairy-tale collections in Europe ⓘ |
| influenced |
European fairy-tale tradition
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later Mother Goose collections ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French classical literature ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | late 17th century ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1697 ⓘ |
| subtitle | Les Contes de ma mère l’Oye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | court society of Louis XIV ⓘ |
| theme |
cleverness and survival
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danger and disobedience ⓘ marriage and social status ⓘ virtue and reward ⓘ |
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Contes de ma mère l’Oye