Le chat botté
About this book
A cunning cat wins for his master a castle, a fortune, and the hand of a princess. Charles Perrault first published his collection of classic French folk tales 300 years ago, including "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," and this entertaining story about a most clever feline. In Puss and Boots, a poor miller dies and leaves his youngest son nothing but a cat. The son is none too happy about it, either; "...once I've eaten my cat and made a muff out of the fur, I'm sure to starve," he says. But what a legacy the bequeathed cat turns out to be! The cat in tall boots creates a new identity for the youngest son--the Marquis of Carabas, complete with fine clothes, fields of wheat, a castle stolen from an ogre, and in the end, the respect of the king and the hand of the king's daughter. The story itself is gracefully and humorously told, and the text, set in large gray type, adds an old-fashioned air to the tale. ABOUT AUTHOR: Charles Perrault was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his Histoires ou contes du temps passé.--Wikipedia Born: Jan 12, 1628, Paris, France Died: May 16, 1703, Paris, France
Reader Profile
4.1/5 · 446 readers · 32 pages · ≈ 36 min · Moderate
How long does it take to read Le chat botté?
About ≈ 36 min — 32 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Le chat botté?
32 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Le chat botté?
It sits on the Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction shelves.
Is Le chat botté in the public domain?
Yes — it is free to read and share.
Where does Le chat botté take place?
It is set in France during 17th Century.
Who wrote Le chat botté?
Charles Perrault.
Where can I read Le chat botté online for free?
It is in the public domain — read it free on Open Library. Open Library
“A miller had three sons, and when he died he left them nothing but his mill, his donkey, and his cat.”