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YEAR IN FOCUS: 1697

Perrault may have popularised the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, but he didn’t invent it. Variants on the story of a girl, her sickly grandmother and the Big Bad Wolf can be traced back to the 10th century
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DURING JAN

THE FAIRYTALE GENRE COMES ALIVE

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