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Donkeyskin
Sign in to save"Donkeyskin" () is a French literary fairytale written in verse by Charles Perrault. It was first published in 1695 in a small volume and republished in 1697 in Perrault's Histoires ou contes du temps passé. Andrew Lang included it, somewhat euphemized, in The Grey Fairy Book. It is classed among folktales of Aarne-Thompson type 510B, unnatural love.
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- Short story.name
- Donkeyskin
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- File:Page 137 illustration from Fairy tales of Charles Perrault (Clarke, 1922).png
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- Illustration by Harry Clarke (1922).
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- Charles Perrault
- Short story.country
- France
- Short story.language
- French
- Short story.genre
- Literary fairy tale
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- Fairy tale collection
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"Donkeyskin" () is a French literary fairytale written in verse by Charles Perrault. It was first published in 1695 in a small volume and republished in 1697 in Perrault's Histoires ou contes du temps passé. Andrew Lang included it, somewhat euphemized, in The Grey Fairy Book. It is classed among folktales of Aarne-Thompson type 510B, unnatural love.
==Synopsis== thumb|left|Illustration by Gustave Doré. An extremely fortunate and wealthy king lives with his beautiful wife and daughter. The source of the king's riches is his prized, marvelous donkey whose droppings are gold. Suddenly the king's wife is struck by an illness and dies, but not before making her husband promise not to remarry except to a woman whose beauty and attributes equal hers. The king grieves for a lengthy period, but is finally persuaded to seek another wife. It becomes clear that the only woman who fits the promise is his daughter.