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Peronella is a fairy tale or fable that is considered a traditional English tale. Peronella is a pretty country lass who exchanges places with an old wizened queen, and receives the homage due to royalty, but gladly takes back her rags and beauty.

References

  1. Ashmead, D. (1868). The Child's Own Book of Standard Fairy Tales: Containing Aladdin, Cinderella, Etc (original scanned from Harvard University ed.). Ashmead. pp. 374–379.
  2. Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe- (1789). Tales and Fables, in French and English. Written originally for the instruction of a young prince ... translated by the late D. Bellamy ... A new edition, with twenty-seven plates [some engraved by Charles Grignion]. J. Deighton. pp. 292–297. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. Lansing, Marion Florence (1907). Fairy Tales. Ginn. p. 179. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (2004). Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama. The Minerva Group, Inc. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4102-1335-8.
  5. The fairy-book. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1836. pp. 258-263.


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