What was your favourite traditional fairy tale as a child?
By hvedra
@hvedra (1619)
November 22, 2011 4:50am CST
I really loved Beauty and the Beast. I had an old Ladybird book that had some beautiful illustrations - proper paintings, not the cartoons and line drawings you get nowadays.
I think what I really loved about it was that Beauty had two mean older sisters and going to live with the Beast rescued her from them. I saw a lot of my life in that!
Which was your favourite tale and why?
Has there been a grown up version of it or have you recognised its themes in modern books?
4 responses
@hvedra (1619)
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24 Nov 11
The first time it was written down was in France in the 18th Century. You can find an English Translation of that version here
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/beauty.html
There are lots of variations on the same theme in many folk stories for some of those tales and the history of the story go here
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0425c.html
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Nov 11
I didn't have all these newer fairy tales when I was growing up. I think Cinderella was a favorite. My grandmother, who raised me, usually read to me from her school primer. The store of the Little Match Girl and heroining story of a young girl who is watching some kids out in the old west when some indians come. Stories like that are what I remember.
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@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
22 Nov 11
If I recollect, most fairy tales were favorites coz I always thought of myself as the damsel in distress or the wronged heroine who would ultimately be rescued by the handsome prince LOL however, I think Snow White was a real favorite (she is still so, even now)… I loved the completely while look contrasted with the super red apple…and then the dwarfs…I love each and every one of them. Another favorite was Goldilocks … I still hope to get lost in the woods some day and chance upon a bear’s cottage with steaming bowls of porridge and a well-made bed
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@caffeinedrunk (246)
• Philippines
25 Nov 11
My favorite fairytale is also Beauty and the Beast and I think it has a lot to do with the fact that it was the first fairytale I have read. My nanny when I was younger gave the book to me as a gift.
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