Margaret Fuller’s Reading Worlds

WorkCharles Perrault

Histoires ou contes du temps passé [Tales of Mother Goose]

Charles Perrault (1628–1703)

InferredFuller's character says 'he thinks with little Riding-hood / "There is no colour like red."' This is an allusion to the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood (Le Petit Chaperon Rouge), first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé (1697). The fairy-tale character is unmistakably identified by name. Author inferred because Fuller names only the character 'little Riding-hood,' not the author.

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A Drive Through the Country: A Dialogue on Love, Duty, and Taste

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“He thinks with little Riding-hood / "There is no colour like red.”

Fuller, Margaret. "A Drive Through the Country: A Dialogue on Love, Duty, and Taste." Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Inferred Fuller's character says 'he thinks with little Riding-hood / "There is no colour like red."' This is an allusion to the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood (Le Petit Chaperon Rouge), first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé (1697). The fairy-tale character is unmistakably identified by name. Author inferred because Fuller names only the character 'little Riding-hood,' not the author.

The fairy-tale character is unmistakably identified by name. Laurie says that the Neapolitan's taste for vivid color makes him think like 'little Riding-hood': 'There is no colour like red.' The character of Little Red Riding Hood is unmistakably identified, and the remark is presented as a paraphrase or proverbial sentiment associated with the tale.