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Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy (1650/1651 – 14 January 1705), also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French author known for her literary fairy tales.
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 d’Aulnoy (1650–1705) did not only invent the term fairy tale (conte de fees) and create tales about fairies, she was a fearless fairy herself.
Mar 29, 2021 · Allegedly, in 1699, Madame d’Aulnoy assisted her friend Madame Ticquet in the attempted assassination of her abusive husband, who was also a member of Parliament. Unfortunately, the man survived, and Madame Ticquet was charged and beheaded. D’Aulnoy was not charged.
- Margaret Kingsbury
Œuvres principales. Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, baronne d’Aulnoy, née à Barneville-la-Bertran vers septembre 1652 et baptisée dans cette même paroisse le 1er octobre 1652 1, et morte à Paris le 14 janvier 1705, est une femme de lettres française .
Jan 21, 2021 · A daughter of the Normandy town of Barneville-la-Bertran, it is believed d’Aulnoy, born in 1652, was one of the first to coin the phrase contes de fées (‘fairy tale’ or ‘fairy story’).
- Eric Bryan
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.
"The Blue Bird" (French: L’oiseau bleu) is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy, published in 1697. An English translation was included in The Green Fairy Book, 1892, collected by Andrew Lang. The tale is Aarne–Thompson type 432, The Prince as Bird.
