[PDR] Mother Goose’s French Birth (1697) and British Afterlife (1729)

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*MOTHER GOOSE’S FRENCH BIRTH (1697) AND BRITISH AFTERLIFE (1729)*


*Christine Jones explores the early English translations of Charles 
Perrault's 1697 collection of fairy tales and how a change in running 
order was key to them becoming the stories for children which we know 
today. *
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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/05/29/mother-gooses-french-birth-1697-and-british-afterlife-1729/>

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