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The tale tells the story of a violent nobleman who has the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors. Gilles de Rais, a 15th-century aristocrat and prolific serial killer, has been suggested as...

Mother Goose was published in 1697. The stories included existed centuries before Perrault, as part of the European oral or written tradition. They come from medieval legends, French popular folklore and Italian Renaissance texts. Some versions are surprisingly truculent, especially for current readers who...