QuillerCouch here gives us these four fairy tales that have been perennial favorites for centuries. The first three fairy tales are "The Sleeping Beauty," "Blue Beard," and "Cinderella," all three of which were popularized in France by Charles Perrault in 1697 in his Tales of Mother Goose. The last tale in the compilation is "Beauty and the Beast," this version attributed to Gabrielle de Villeneuve, who published it in 1740 and 1756. QuillerCouch had this to say regarding his translation of these tales: "I began by ...
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QuillerCouch here gives us these four fairy tales that have been perennial favorites for centuries. The first three fairy tales are "The Sleeping Beauty," "Blue Beard," and "Cinderella," all three of which were popularized in France by Charles Perrault in 1697 in his Tales of Mother Goose. The last tale in the compilation is "Beauty and the Beast," this version attributed to Gabrielle de Villeneuve, who published it in 1740 and 1756. QuillerCouch had this to say regarding his translation of these tales: "I began by translating Perrault's tales, very nearly word for word...the translations, when finished, did not satisfy me, and so I turned back to the beginning and have rewritten the stories in my own way, which (as you may say with the Irish butler) 'may not be the best claret, but 'tis the best we've got...'"
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Like New. Size: 8x1x10; As new clean tight and bright gilt titled and decorated no jacket as issued. Dulac color plates. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Hodder & Stoughton. No Date (circa 1916). 129 pgs. Illustrated with 30 tipped in Color Plates. Bound in red cloth boards with gilt titles present to the front board and spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This sumptuous volume is a welcome follow-up to the earlier Calla publication of Dulac's Stories from Hans Christian Andersen. Edmund Dulac was second only to Arthur Rackham in his sensitivity to the world of fairy tales, and his style is at once exotic and elegant. The present edition contains four tales: "The Sleeping Beauty, " "Blue Beard, " "Cinderella, " and "Beauty and the Beast" in artful retelling, but the main feature of the book is the generous offering of 30 full-page color plates in Dulac's inimitable style. E-216; 4to 11"-13" tall; 129 pages.
