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The Complete Fairy Tales
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bookshelves: adult-fiction, children-s-fiction, classic-fiction, uni-reads, oxford-world-s-classic, fairy-tales-re-tellings-mythical
Mar 16, 2022
bookshelves: adult-fiction, children-s-fiction, classic-fiction, uni-reads, oxford-world-s-classic, fairy-tales-re-tellings-mythical
Re-visiting Perrault’s fairy tales is like dipping into childhood and watching Disney movies back-to-back, and the Disney books box set of animated picture books, (distinctly remember having Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and funnily enough, Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmatians- which I know are not fairy tales, but I remember these side by side).
I was actually really surprised to find that the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty was re-written by the Brothers Grimm as Briar-Rose it was really interesting comparing and analysing them both seeing the similarities and differences. But also seeing how Disney take the fairy tale and adapt it.
I was also surprised reading Perrault had written Puss in Boots (I don’t know why I always used to think Hans Christian Anderson wrote it). I am actually so surprised at how Perrault’s fairy tales are gorier and scarier they are than the adaptions portray them. I actually (depending on which fairy tale) prefer them in their original form because it makes the ending that much more satisfying.
Overall, I loved it, and would highly recommend it.
I was actually really surprised to find that the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty was re-written by the Brothers Grimm as Briar-Rose it was really interesting comparing and analysing them both seeing the similarities and differences. But also seeing how Disney take the fairy tale and adapt it.
I was also surprised reading Perrault had written Puss in Boots (I don’t know why I always used to think Hans Christian Anderson wrote it). I am actually so surprised at how Perrault’s fairy tales are gorier and scarier they are than the adaptions portray them. I actually (depending on which fairy tale) prefer them in their original form because it makes the ending that much more satisfying.
Overall, I loved it, and would highly recommend it.
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March 5, 2022
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March 5, 2022
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March 16, 2022
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adult-fiction
March 16, 2022
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children-s-fiction
March 16, 2022
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classic-fiction
March 16, 2022
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uni-reads
March 16, 2022
– Shelved as:
oxford-world-s-classic
March 16, 2022
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fairy-tales-re-tellings-mythical
March 16, 2022
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