Little Men
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FIRST MORAL Good manners are not easy They need a little care, But when we least expect it Bring rewards both rich and rare. SECOND MORAL Brute force or bribes of diamonds Bend others to your will, But gentle words have greater power And gain more conquests still.
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The less there is of eloquence, the more there is of love.
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of the culprit. Architecture next engaged his attention, and in 1657 he designed a house at Viry for his brother and supervised its construction.
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ever called her child.) The poor creature told her frankly all the matter, not without dropping out infinite numbers of diamonds. “In good faith,” cried the mother, “I must send my child thither. Come hither, Fanny, look what comes out of thy sister’s mouth when she speaks!
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Perhaps it also demonstrates that any young girl can live quite healthily on coarse bread and clear water – so long as she has fine clothes.
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Here are the original eight stories from the 1697 volume Contes de temps passé by the great Charles Perrault (1628–1703) in a translation that retains the charming and unsentimental simplicity that has won Perrault a permanent position in French literature. These were among the earliest versions of some of our most familiar fairy tales ("Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Puss in Boots," and "Tom Thumb") and are still among the few classic re-tellings of these perennial stories.
In addition to the five well-known tales listed above, Perrault tells three others that are sure to delight any child or adult: "The Fairies," a short and very simple tale of two sisters, one sweet and one spiteful; "Ricky of the Tuft," a very unusual story of a brilliant but ugly prince and a beautiful but stupid princess; and "Blue Beard," a suspense story perhaps more famous as a cla
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- First published
- 1697
- Author
- Charles Perrault
- Genre
- Classics
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- 4.09 (15k ratings)
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