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Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy

(Baroness d’Aulnoy, Countess d’Aulnoy, Marie Catherine comtess d’Aulnoy)

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(1650 - 1705)

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Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d’Aulnoy, also known as Countess d’Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales. When she termed her works contes de fées (fairy tales), she originated the term that is now generally used for the genre.



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D’Aulnoy’s Fairy Tales (1923)

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This is a classic collection of French fairy tales. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Illustrator(s): Gordon Browne
Gustaf Tenggren

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The Fairy Tales of Madame D’Aulnoy (1895)

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This new edition has a cover illustration by Walter Crane. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.

Author(s): Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
Clinton Peters

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The Hind in the Wood (1875)

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A neglected fairy curses the newborn princess. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Tales of Passed Times (1900)

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In addition to the famous eight tales of Perrault, including their morals, this edition includes Beauty and the Beast and two tales by Madame d'Aulnoy. Read online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Charles Perrault
Illustrator(s): Charles Robinson

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