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Graciosa and Percinet | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)
We're back at the mercy of Madam d'Aulnoy again today with a story of witch-foiled love between a naive princess and a fairy prince, Graciosa and Percinet.
Rooted in 17th century French theatricality, this one has been made into pantomimes, plays, works of art from across the centuries, and it's also slightly tamer in the Lang version than the original.
Ultimately though, does it all just boil down to being sooo pretty that men even come out of the past to solve all your problems for you?
And isn't it true that being ugly just inherently makes you the worst?!?
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