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Donkey Skin

by Charles Perrault, Barbara Hayes · 1966

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A lovely princess flees from impending marriage with a king, donning a donkey skin, and goes to live on a poor farm where she eventually sights a handsome prince.

Genre
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Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 23 pages

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