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When her mother dies, Cinderella's father remarries and now she lives with her new family; her father, new mother and two new wicked sisters. They are mean and unkind to Cinderella and she is treated no better than a house servant, cooking and cleaning for everyone else. One day the two sisters are invited to a great ball to be given by the king and queen. Cinderella is unfortunately excluded. Sitting sad and alone at home, she is visited by a great fairy!

Once upon a time, there was a man who had fine houses in both town and country, a deal of silver and gold plate, carved furniture, and coaches gilded all over. But, unhappily, this man had a blue beard, which made him so ugly and so terrible that all the women and girls ran away from him. Read in English, unabridged.

There was once a merchant who was very, very rich. He had six children, three boys and three girls, and as he was a man of good sense, he spared no expense in order that they might be well educated and gave them masters of every kind. His daughters were all beautiful, but his youngest one was especially admired, and from the time she was a small child had been known and spoken of only as Beauty. Read in English, unabridged.

"Le petit Poucet" : "Être rusé et astucieux vaut aussi bien que d'être un joyeux héritier." Un jour, des parents décident d'abandonner leurs sept enfants au plus profond de la forêt, leur misère ne leur permettant plus de les nourrir.

Le conte éduque les enfants au devoir d'obéissance. Car si la Barbe Bleue est décrit comme une sorte d'ogre, les choses se passent parfaitement bien entre les époux jusqu'à ce que la jeune mariée transgresse la règle fixée par le chef de famille. Et on peut imaginer que c'est la même désobéissance qui a conduit les précédentes épouses jusqu'à leur funeste destin.

Some of the most famous children's tales to be enjoyed by the whole family.

Muzykal'nyj spektakl' "Zolushka" po motivam odnoimennoj skazki francuzkogo pisatelja Sharlja Perro. V skazochnom korolevstve zhivut: Macheha, ejo zlye docheri, bezvol'nyj muzh-lesnik i ego dochka ot pervogo braka - Zolushka. Macheha jekspluatiruet bednuju devushku kak domrabotnicu. S pomoshh'ju svoej krjostnoj-fei Zolushka popadaet na korolevskij bal, gde v nejo vljubljaetsja prekrasnyj i ochen' dobryj princ.

Charles Perrault nació en París el 12 enero de 1628, junto a su hermano gemelo, en el seno de una familia perteneciente a la alta burguesía. Participó en la creación de la Academia de las Ciencias y en la restauración de la Academia de Pintura. Desde 1663, fue secretario de la Academia Francesa. Escribió cuarenta y seis obras, aunque es el género de los Cuentos de hadas, el que lo consagra como escritor.

À son décès, un vieux meunier laisse à ses trois fils l'intégralité de ses biens. L'aîné hérite du moulin, le cadet de l'âne, et le benjamin du chat, Chouminou...

La famille du Petit Poucet va-t-elle mourir de faim dans la forêt ? L'ogre va-t-il manger les 7 enfants ? Et que sont ces "fameuses bottes" de sept lieues ?

João, o caçula de tres irmãos, recebe uma parte da herança do pai. Mas que azar! Justamente para ele que esperava receber algo precioso, dinheiro, e joias, sobrou sòmente um gato velho quase pelado!

Mourante, une reine se fait promettre par le roi de ne prendre pour nouvelle épouse qu'une femme plus belle qu'elle. Mais la seule personne capable de rivaliser avec sa beauté n'est autre que sa propre fille, et le roi lui fait sa demande. Pour échapper à cette union, la princesse demande à son père, pour sa dot, des robes irréalisables, mais il parvient toujours à les lui offrir. Elle lui demande alors de sacrifier son âne qui produit des écus d'or et le roi s'exécute.

Jack and the Beanstalk and Other Stories brings together another four of the world's favourite children's fairytales. Written and read with character and fun, this is storytelling at its best!

Some of the most iconic tales made it into this volume of Fairy Tales for Adults. These stories with universal appeal for generations of all ages bring some of the most memorable characters together. They seem both familiar and mysterious every time one comes in contact with them. The eternal wisdom and charm keeps these stories alive for hundreds of years.

Pollicino, la cui traduzione originale fatta da Carlo Collodi é "Puccettino", è una delle favole presente nei "Racconti delle Fate", una raccolta di fiabe tradotte da Carlo Collodi per l'editore Paggi di Firenze, e pubblicata nel 1875 che, come dice egli stesso nella prefazione, "nel voltare in italiano (...) qua e là mi feci lecite alcune leggerissime varianti, sia di vocabolo, sia di andatura di periodo, sia di modi di dire....

Raconté avec la verve de Michel Galabru, le Petit Chaperon rouge raconte l'histoire d'une petite fille qui traverse la forêt pour apporter un morceau de galette, à sa grand-mère.

A malevolent fairy casts a sleeping spell on a princess - a curse that only a prince can break. Charles Perrault's classic tale is brought to life with the music of Tchaikovsky.

Once upon a time, there was a woodcutter and his wife, who had seven children, all boys. The eldest was but 10 years old and the youngest only seven. They were very poor, and their seven children were a great source of trouble to them because not one of them was able to earn his bread. What gave them yet more uneasiness was that the youngest was very delicate and scarce ever spoke a word, which made people take for stupidity that which was a sign of good sense.

"The Ridiculous Wishes" or "The Three Ridiculous Wishes" is a French literary fairy tale by Charles Perrault. A woodcutter complained of his poor lot. Jupiter granted him three wishes. The woodcutter went home, and his wife persuaded him to put off the wishing until the next day, after he had thought, but while sitting by the fire, he wished for sausages. His wife taxed him for his folly, and angry, he wished the sausages on her nose. Finally, they agreed to use the last wish to take the sausages off her nose, leaving them no better off than before.

Would you ever accept to trade a big basket of fresh eggs with a few dried beans?