More Traditional Little Red Riding Hoods

John Everett Millais,Painting of the artist’s daughter Effie as Little Red Riding Hood, 1864.

Please read the following Little Red Riding Hoods:

  1. “Little Red Cap” – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm – 1812 (First collection)
  2. “Little Red Hat” an Italian/Austrian Little Red Riding Hood – collected by Christian Schneller, 1867
  3. “The Grandmother” – a French version – collected by Achille Millien in 1870
  4. “The True History of Little Golden Cap” -Charles Marelle, by way of Andrew Lang’s Red Fairy Book, 1895
Roodkapje, Illustration published in 1868 Dutch edition of Little Red Riding Hood, courtesy of Koninklijke Bibliotheek

5. Little Red Riding Hood – part of Father Tuck’s Dolly Dear series by the publisher Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1900. Courtesy of the Boston Public Library (Jordan Collection)/Archive.org.

 

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