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• ix • Introduction: The Rise of the French Fairy Tale and the Decline of France • (1989) • essay by Jack Zipes
• xxv • A Note on the Translation (Beauty and the Beast and Other Classic French Fairy Tales) • (1996) • essay by Jack Zipes
• xxviii • A Note on This Edition (Beauty and the Beast and Other Classic French Fairy Tales) • (1996) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 1 • Charles Perrault • (1989) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 5 • The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Le maistre Chat ou Le chat botté 1697)
• 10 • Cinderella, or The Glass Slipper • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Cendrillon ou La petite pantoufle de verre 1697)
• 17 • Blue Beard • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of La barbe bleue 1697)
• 23 • Little Thumbling • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Le Petit Poucet 1697)
• 33 • The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of La belle au bois dormant 1697)
• 43 • Riquet with the Tuft • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Riquet à la Houppe 1697)
• 51 • Little Red Riding Hood • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Le petit chaperon rouge 1697)
• 54 • The Fairies • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Les fées 1697)
• 57 • The Foolish Wishes • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Les souhaits ridicules 1693)
• 60 • Donkey-Skin • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Peau d'Asne 1694)
• 71 • Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier • (1989) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 74 • The Discreet Princess; or, The Adventures of Finette • (1989) • short story by Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier de Villandon (trans. of Les avantures de Finette 1696) [as by Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier]
• 94 • Catherine Bernard • (1989) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 96 • Riquet with the Tuft • (1989) • short story by Catherine Bernard (trans. of Riquet à la Houppe 1696)
• 103 • Henriette Julie de Murat • (1989) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 106 • The Palace of Revenge • (1989) • short story by Henriette-Julie de Castelnau Comtesse de Murat (trans. of Le Palais de la vengeance 1698) [as by Henriette Julie de Murat]
• 121 • Jean-Paul Bignon • (1989) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 123 • Princess Zeineb and King Leopard • (1989) • short story by Jean-Paul Bignon (trans. of Histoire de la princesse Zeineb et du roi Léopard 1714)
• 131 • Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont • (1989) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 133 • Beauty and the Beast • (1989) • short story by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (trans. of La belle et la bête 1757)
• 148 • Mlle. de Lubert • (1989) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 150 • The Princess Camion • (1989) • novelette by Marie-Madeleine de Lubert (trans. of La Princesse Camion 1743) [as by Mlle. de Lubert]
• 194 • Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy • (1989) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 198 • The Island of Happiness • (1989) • short story by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of L'Île de la félicité 1690) [as by Marie-Cathérine d'Aulnoy]
• 212 • The Blue Bird • (1989) • short story by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of L'oiseau bleu 1697) [as by Marie-Cathérine d'Aulnoy]
• 250 • The Ram • (1989) • short story by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of Le mouton 1697) [as by Marie-Cathérine d'Aulnoy]
• 268 • Finette Cendron • (1989) • short story by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of Finette Cendron 1697) [as by Marie-Cathérine d'Aulnoy]
• 289 • The Yellow Dwarf • (1989) • novelette by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of Le nain jaune 1698) [as by Marie-Cathérine d'Aulnoy]
• 312 • The Green Serpent • (1989) • novelette by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of Serpentin vert 1698) [as by Marie-Cathérine d'Aulnoy]
• 344 • The White Cat • (1989) • novelette by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of La chatte blanche 1697) [as by Marie-Cathérine d'Aulnoy]
• 383 • Belle-Belle; or, The Chevalier Fortuné • (1989) • novelette by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of Belle-Belle, ou le Chevalier Fortuné 1698) [as by Marie-Cathérine d'Aulnoy]