• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • FREE short summaries for all!

Book Summary

booksummary.net

  • Home
  • Summaries
  • Analyses
  • Characters
  • Biographies
  • Books


Read original fairy tales >>

Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault was a French storyteller and a member of the Academie Francaise. He is considered the father of the literary genre - fairy tales. Many folk tales and stories, such as Cinderella and The Little Red Riding Hood, were first written under his or his son's pen name.

Biography >>

Bluebeard

Summary  Charles Perrault

Fairytales awaken human's imagination and praise the prize that will go to those who are patient, hard-working, honest and they tell us about people's personalities which makes us think if the people we believe in re worthy of our friendship and care. The moral of this story is that what you see isn't always what […]

Cinderella

Book  Charles Perrault

Cinderella, an original story written by Charles Perrault about a poor girl tortured by her stepmother and half-sisters. Read a tale as a bedtime story and discover new characters from the Cinderella fairy tale!

Cinderella Analysis

Analysis  Charles Perrault

Cinderella story is a classic for a reason. She survived wicked stepmother, evil half-sisters, and midnight curfew just to win the prince's heart. The essence of this tale occurs in many cultures around the world going back as far as writing history.

Cinderella Characters

Characters  Charles Perrault

Further study on specific features and characteristics of literary characters included in Cinderella by Charles Perrault. It includes characteristics of Cinderella as the major character and heroine of the tale and minor characters such as two ugly stepsisters, a prince, etc.

Cinderella Summary

Summary  Charles Perrault

Cinderella is a fairy tale written by Charles Perrault. This is a story about a poor girl's passivity in the form of abuse that ends with a reward by a fairy godmother and wins a prince's heart. It's a gentle reminder to remain kind to everyone.

Donkeyskin

Summary  Charles Perrault

This fairytale can be compared to Cinderella because of the ring that only fits to one hand. The main theme of the story is the love between young princess and a prince. A relationship between two families is being described so on one side we have the desperate princess's father who wants to marry his […]

Little Red Riding Hood

Book  Charles Perrault

Little Red Riding Hood, an original story written by Charles Perrault. A classic story about the little girl who goes to visit her grandmother and meets a big bad wolf. Read a story and discover new characters!

Little Red Riding Hood Analysis

Analysis  Charles Perrault

Little Red Riding Hood is one of the most famous and well-known fairy tales in English literature. This is a closer analysis of the story which describes the little girl who goes to visit her grandmother and meets the big bad wolf.

Little Red Riding Hood Characters

Characters  Charles Perrault

Evaluated specific features of literary characters in Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault. A useful guide featuring essential pictures and adjectives of the three main characters, allowing children to better understand their connection.

Little Red Riding Hood Summary

Summary  Charles Perrault

Little Red Riding Hood is a fairy tale written by Charles Perrault. This is one of the world's best-known folk tales of European origin about a little girl who went to visit her ill grandmother and on her way met a big bad wolf who tried to eat her and her grandmother.

Little Thumb

Summary  Charles Perrault

A tiny and wise boy named Little Thumb was very poor. In his intentions to help his family he became smaller and smaller but wiser at the same time. He managed to confront an evil cannibal that wanted to eat his brothers and him. Even though his parents wanted to get rid of all of […]

Puss in Boots

Summary  Charles Perrault

Puss in boots is a well-known story about the third and the youngest son who gets the worse part of the inheritance, almost nothing. That son got a cat for which was believed to be useless. In this fairytale the main character, Cat, presents the qualities of a younger son which are intelligence, bravery, and […]

Ricky of the Tuft

Summary  Charles Perrault

"Ricky of the Tuft" is a fairytale about two princesses and an ugly prince that received their abilities from a good fairy. We are used to miracles happen in fairytales and so did in this one. The prince fell in love with the most beautiful princess of all kingdom but the love wasn't mutual. Even […]

The Fairies

Summary  Charles Perrault

The fairytale "Fairies" is one of the most famous works by Charles Perrault. The story begins with a mother that had two daughters. They weren't much alike and the older one was more like her mother while the younger one was known as the most beautiful girls that were a lot like a father who […]

The Ridiculous Wishes

Summary  Charles Perrault

The story "The Ridiculous Wishes", also known as "Three Ridiculous Wishes" is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault and it was published in 1697 in Histoires ou Contes du temps passé. The story describes the life of an unsatisfied woodcutter who complained about the skies never granting him a wish. Then Jupiter appeared and […]

The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood

Summary  Charles Perrault

The moral of every fairytale is that good conquers all and in these fairytale the same thing happens when the young princess lives a happy life with her prince and two kids, while the evil queen pays for her actions. Except for the happy ending many other events that a poor servant encountered are described […]

Primary Sidebar

Top Writers

Albert Camus Alexander Pushkin Alexandre Dumas Anton Chekhov Arthur Conan Doyle Art Spiegelman Barbara Kingsolver Bible Brothers Grimm Charles Dickens Charles Perrault Clive Staples Lewis Dante Alighieri Edgar Allan Poe Emile Zola Erich Kästner Ernest Hemingway Eugene Ionesco Euripides Gabriel Garcia Marquez Hans Christian Andersen Jane Austen Joseph Jacobs Mark Twain Michael Coleman Nikolai Gogol Oscar Wilde Ovid William Faulkner William Shakespeare

Recent

  • 1984
  • A Christmas Carol
  • A Christmas Carol Analysis
  • A Christmas Carol Characters
  • A Christmas Carol Summary
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • A Hero of Our Time
  • A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • A Rose for Emily Analysis
  • A Rose for Emily Characters
  • A Rose for Emily Summary
  • A Separate Peace
  • A Streetcar Named Desire

Study guides

  • Analyses
  • Characters
  • Summaries
  • Biographies
  • Books

Footer

Information

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Index of Writers
  • Digital Books

Study guides

  • Book Analyses
  • Book Summaries
  • Character Analyses
  • Biographies

BookSummary.net

The largest collection of book summaries, analyses, books, study guides and educational resources for students and teachers. Here, you'll find works from more than 250 greatest authors of all time. [more]

Copyright © 2016–2023 · KnowHow Network / Mastermind · All rights reserved