Charles Perrault

Works from the Maria Tatar Collection:

• "Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper"
• "Bluebeard"
• "Donkeyskin"
• "Master Cat, or Puss in Boots"
• "Tom Thumb"
  

Quotes:

• The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to show his joy and gratitude; he assured her that he loved her better than he did himself.
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  "To wait so long/And want a man refined and strong/Is not at all uncommon. And yet to wait one hundred years/Without a tear, without a care/Makes for a very rare woman. So here our tale appears to show/How marriage deferred/Brings joy unheard/Nothing lost after a century or so. But others love with more ardor/And wed quickly out of passion/Whatever they do/I won’t deplore/Nor shall I preach a lesson."