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It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York  \nAuckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam  \nOxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press  \nin the UK and in certain other countries  \nPublished in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Christopher Betts 2009  \nThe moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker)  \nFirst published 2009  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above  \nYou must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Perrault, Charles, 1628–1703.  \n[Contes des fées. English] The Complete Fairy Tales / Charles Perrault ; translated with an introduction and notes by Christopher Betts.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Oxford World’s Classics hardbacks)  \nIncludes bibliographical references.  \nISBN 978–0–19–923683–1  \n1. Fairy tales—France. 2. Children’s stories, French—Translations into English.  \nI. Betts, C. J. II. 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