Hop-o'-My-Thumb

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Hop-o'-My-Thumb is a French fairy tale about a clever, undersized boy who outwits both his impoverished parents and a child-eating ogre to save himself and his brothers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French fairy tale
folk tale character
literary fairy tale
alsoKnownAs Little Poucet NERFINISHED
Little Thumb NERFINISHED
ATUType ATU 327
author Charles Perrault NERFINISHED
classificationSystem Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index NERFINISHED
collection Mother Goose tales NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
featuresCharacter Hop-o'-My-Thumb (character) NERFINISHED
Hop-o'-My-Thumb's brothers
Hop-o'-My-Thumb's parents
the ogre
the ogre's wife
firstPublishedIn Histoires ou contes du temps passé NERFINISHED
genre fairy tale
literary fairy tale
hasAdaptation film and television adaptations of Hop-o'-My-Thumb
illustrated children’s book versions of Hop-o'-My-Thumb
stage adaptations of Hop-o'-My-Thumb
hasIllustrationTradition 19th-century book illustrations
hasMoral wit and foresight can overcome adversity
includedIn Contes de ma mère l’Oye NERFINISHED
influenced later European fairy-tale literature
languageOfWorkOrName French
literaryPeriod French classical age
mainCharacter Hop-o'-My-Thumb (character) NERFINISHED
motif abandoned children in the forest
child-eating ogre
magic seven-league boots
small but clever hero
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeRole trickster hero
originalTitle Le Petit Poucet NERFINISHED
plotSummary A very small but clever boy saves himself and his brothers from abandonment and from a child-eating ogre through cunning and trickery.
publicationYear 1697
publisherOfFirstEdition Claude Barbin NERFINISHED
relatedWork Hansel and Gretel NERFINISHED
Jack and the Beanstalk NERFINISHED
setting rural forested area near a poor woodcutter’s home
targetAudience children
theme intelligence over physical strength
poverty and parental desperation
survival through cunning

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