Résumé
Riquet with the Tuft (French: Riquet à la Houppe), also known as "Ricky of the Tuft", is a very famous folktale / fable / fairy tale written by Charles Perrault. A fairy gives an ugly prince named Ricky the gift of conferring wit upon the one he loves the best. Prince Ricky of the Tuft comes to a kingdom with two princesses. The elder one is beautiful but unintelligent and the younger one is intelligent but ugly. The elder princess is saddened that her ugly but smart sister receives more attention than her. One day as the elder princess was going for a walk in the forest to ease her sorrow, she is approached by Ricky who had fallen in love with her after seeing portraits of her that circulated. Ricky asks how a person so beautiful as she can be so sad, to which she responds that she is sad because she is beautiful but lacks intelligence. Ricky then bestows the gift of intelligence on the elder princess for a promise of marriage. A year later, Ricky comes to marry her. She refuses on grounds that he cannot hold her to a promise made before she gained her wisdom. The princess then tells him that she was gifted at birth with the power to transform her lover into a beautiful person by the same fairy who helped him...
Auteur
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Charles Perrault est né à Paris en 1628, dans une famille de la haute bourgeoisie. Il fait de brillantes études et devient avocat avant de s'initier aux affaires avec son frère. Il occupera ensuite diverses fonctions dans l'administration puis entrera l'Académie française en 1671. S'intéressant alors à la littérature, il fréquente les salons, participe à la bataille des Anciens et des Modernes. En 1697, il publie les Contes de ma mère l'Oye, qui connaissent alors un immense succès et vont assurer sa célébrité: La Belle au bois dormant, Le Petit Chaperon rouge, La Barbe bleue, Le Chat botté, Cendrillon, Peau d'Âne... Nombre d'entre eux ont été mis en musique par Offenbach, Rossini, Bartok. Ils figurent parmi les plus célèbres des contes de fées au monde. Charles Perrault meurt en 1703.Les livres et les contes de Charles Perrault sont également disponibles en version numérique et livre audio.
Auteur(s) : Charles Perrault
Caractéristiques
Editeur : Saga Egmont International
Auteur(s) : Charles Perrault
Publication : 1 avril 2022
Support(s) : Livre audio [MP3]
Protection(s) : Aucune (MP3)
Taille(s) : 12,4 Mo (MP3)
EAN13 Livre audio [MP3] : 9782821106468
