Riquet à la houppe
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Riquet à la houppe is a French literary fairy tale by Charles Perrault about an ugly but intelligent prince who can bestow wit on others in exchange for beauty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Riquet à la houppe canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French fairy tale
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literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ricky of the Tuft
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Ricky with the Tuft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Charles Perrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | widely anthologized in fairy-tale collections ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1697 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Histoires ou contes du temps passé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
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literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
illustrated children’s books
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operatic adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
fairy
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prince ⓘ princess ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | studied for its treatment of beauty and intelligence in Perrault’s work ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationTradition | 19th-century book illustration ⓘ |
| hasMagicSystem | fairy-bestowed gifts ⓘ |
| includedIn | Contes de ma mère l’Oye cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | oral folk-tale traditions ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French classical literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French literary fairy tale tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Prince Riquet à la houppe
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a beautiful but foolish princess ⓘ an ugly but intelligent prince ⓘ |
| moral | true worth lies in character and mind rather than appearance ⓘ |
| motif |
conditional promise of marriage
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exchange of gifts between lovers ⓘ magical gift of wit ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | French fairy-tale canon ⓘ |
| periodOfOrigin | late 17th century ⓘ |
| plotElement |
an ugly but intelligent prince can bestow wit on others
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the prince receives beauty in exchange for giving wit ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Claude Barbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | a fictional kingdom ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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general readers ⓘ |
| theme |
beauty and intelligence
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inner versus outer qualities ⓘ social perceptions of ugliness and beauty ⓘ transformative power of love ⓘ |
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