Charles Perrault è stato uno scrittore francese, membro dell'Académie française dal 1671, e autore del celebre libro di fiabe Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités, noto anche come Contes de ma mère l'Oye , raccolta di undici fiabe fra cui Cappuccetto Rosso, Barbablù, La bella addormentata, Pollicino, Cenerentola e Il gatto con gli stivali. Wikipedia
“Anna, Anna, sorella mia, non vedi venir nulla?”
da Barbablù, citato in Giuseppe Fumagalli, Chi l'ha detto?, Hoepli, 1921, p. 751
Anne, ma soeur Anne, ne vois-tu rien venir?
Sleeping Beauty
“Haven't you heard that this house belongs to an ogre who eats little children?”
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Little Thumb"
“Anne, my sister Anne, do you see nothing coming?”
"I see nothing but the sun that makes everything dusty, and the grass that grows green."
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Bluebeard"
“The king was astonished at the vast amount of property owned by the Marquis of Carabas.”
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots"
“Fetch me my seven-league boots so I can catch the children.”
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Little Thumb"
“When she had done her work, she would go over to the chimney corner, and sit among the cinders.”
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper"
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Little Red Riding Hood"
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Bluebeard"
“Her godmother, who was a fairy, said to her, "You want to go to the ball, don't you?"”
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper"
“Go into the garden and get me a pumpkin.”
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper"
“Charm is the true gift of the Fairies.”
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper"
“She then gave her a pair of slippers made of glass, the prettiest in the world.”
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper"
“But the blood always remained, for the key was enchanted.”
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Bluebeard"
