Charles Perrault

Harry Clarke illustration for Charles Perrault 'Little Red Riding Hood'

CENSORSHIP IN LITERATURE: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

28/07/2020

Perrault’s Little Red Riding Hood ended with both the little girl and her grandmother dead and no hunter to save them. The Grimm brothers softened the ending to suit their intention of entertainment rather than the moralizing of Perrault’s tales.

The death of Bluebeard, stabbed by his wife's brothers. Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault illustrated by Gustave Dore

Blue Beard – by Charles Perrault

15/09/2018

The tale tells the story of a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors.