鈥淟ittle Red Riding-Hood.鈥澨齇ld French Fairy Tales, Perrault, Charles, Madame D鈥檃ulnoy, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, [1899], pp. 70-75.听
Tale Summary
Red Riding-Hood鈥檚 mother asks her to go to her grandmother鈥檚 with cakes and butter. She must travel through the woods to get there and while on her way she meets a wolf. The wolf has the desire to eat her but is wary of the woodcutters nearby, so he asks Riding-Hood where she is going. She gives him the details of her grandmother鈥檚 house and they part ways. The wolf runs and takes the short route while Red Riding-Hood takes the long route to the house. The wolf arrives at the grandmother鈥檚 house first and pretends to be Red Riding-Hood. The grandmother falls for this trick and is eaten in one gulp by the wolf. Later Red Riding-Hood arrives to give her grandmother the gifts and the wolf now dressed as her grandmother lets her in. Red Riding-Hood comments on her grandmother鈥檚 big ears, nose, and teeth before she also is eaten by the wolf.
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Fairy Tale Title
Little Red Riding-Hood
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
Charles Perrault, Madame D鈥檃ulnoy
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)听
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Common Tale Type听
Little Red Riding Hood
Tale Classification
ATU 333
Page Range of Tale听
pp. 70-75
Full Citation of Tale
鈥淟ittle Red Riding-Hood.鈥澨Old French Fairy Tales, Perrault, Charles, Madame D鈥檃ulnoy, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, [1899], pp. 70-75.听
Original Source of the Tale
Charles Perrault
Tale Notes
Unlike many versions of this tale, Red Riding-Hood is not saved from the wolf by a woodcutter or a hunter. She is eaten and the story ends. This tale is the first Red Riding-Hood to be published so other authors have adapted it to continue the story and save the girl from the wolf. This tale has some words that are simplified; however, there is no obvious simplification of the tale for young readers. The illustrations are of Riding-Hood and the wolf and are in black and white. There also seem to be two different styles, suggesting that two different illustrators worked on this tale.
Research and Curation
Alex Gibbons,听2022
Book Title听
Old French Fairy Tales
Book Author/Editor(s)听
Charles Perrault, Madame D鈥檃ulnoy
Illustrator(s)
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Publisher
Little, Brown, and Company
Date Published
1899
Decade Published听
1890-1899
Publisher City
Boston
Publisher Country
United States
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Digital Copy
Book Notes
The book itself is a standard hardcover book. There is a bit of writing in the cover to suggest it was gifted to a Madame听Allen in 1901. The illustrations are in black and white with many different styles suggesting many different illustrators.听