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  1. Madame d'Aulnoy. Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy (1650/1651 – 14 January 1705), [1] also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French author known for her literary fairy tales. The term contes de fées (fairy tales) has been attributed to her, but her work was called "contes DES fées" (tales of the fairies); the term ...

  2. Mar 17, 2021 · For those readers who do not believe that fairies are real, they should think twice, for the extraordinary Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Comtesse dAulnoy (1650–1705) did not only invent the term fairy tale (conte de fees) and create tales about fairies, she was a fearless fairy herself.

  3. Dec 21, 2020 · Last modified on Fri 19 Mar 2021 10.39 EDT. A 300-year-old story by Madame dAulnoy, the 17th-century French writer who coined the term “fairytales”, is to be published in a modern English ...

  4. Mar 29, 2021 · In his introduction to The Island of Happiness, Jack Zipes details what’s known about her life, and wow, does this woman deserve a miniseries! Here are ten amazing facts about Madame dAulnoy, and why everyone should know her name.

  5. Oct 4, 2023 · Madame d'Aulnoy was one of the pioneers of fairy tales as a literary genre. She actually coined the term "fairy tales"—stories with fairies. Although highly amusing and imaginative, her works are almost forgotten today. Let's learn a word or two about her and the development of fairy tales.

  6. 1 day ago · An enchanting selection of Madame d'Aulnoy's seventeenth-century French fairy tales, interpreted by contemporary visual artist Natalie Frank Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville (1650-1705), also known as Madame d'Aulnoy, was a pioneer of the French literary fairy tale.

  7. The White Cat (French: La Chatte Blanche) is a French literary fairytale written by Madame d'Aulnoy and published in 1698. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book. It is Aarne–Thompson type 402, "The Animal Bride", with close similarities to Type 310, "The Maiden in the Tower", including tales such as Rapunzel.

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