Les Fées

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Les Fées is a fairy tale by Charles Perrault that tells the story of two sisters who receive opposite magical rewards and punishments based on their kindness or rudeness.

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Les Fées canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fairy tale ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
author Charles Perrault ⓘ
linked to: Perrault
basedOn oral folk tale tradition ⓘ
conflictType family conflict ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
containsSupernaturalElement enchanted speech gifts ⓘ
magic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
featuresCharacterType fairy ⓘ
two sisters ⓘ
widow ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage French ⓘ
genre fairy tale ⓘ
literary fairy tale ⓘ
hasAdaptation animated retellings ⓘ
children's picture books ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Diamonds and Toads ⓘ
Les Fées (Perrault) ⓘ
linked to: Perrault

The Fairies ⓘ
The Fairy ⓘ
Toads and Diamonds ⓘ
linked to: Diamonds and Toads
hasInfluenced later literary fairy tales about rewarded virtue ⓘ
hasMotif fairy in disguise ⓘ
magical gifts ⓘ
talking to strangers at a well ⓘ
intendedAudience children ⓘ
families ⓘ
literaryMovement French classical fairy tale tradition ⓘ
mainCharacter kind younger sister ⓘ
rude elder sister ⓘ
moral Politeness and kindness are rewarded. ⓘ
Rudeness and cruelty bring misfortune. ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeResolution the kind sister prospers and the rude sister suffers consequences ⓘ
originalAuthor Charles Perrault ⓘ
linked to: Perrault
originalLanguage French ⓘ
plotSummary Two sisters receive opposite magical gifts from a fairy based on their behavior, leading to reward for kindness and punishment for rudeness. ⓘ
punishmentForElderSister toads and snakes fall from her mouth when she speaks ⓘ
rewardForYoungerSister jewels and flowers fall from her mouth when she speaks ⓘ
setting rural countryside ⓘ
theme kindness and reward ⓘ
rudeness and punishment ⓘ
virtue versus vice ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction unspecified past ⓘ

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