Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: Three Maidens in Three Towers

PART 1: PERSINETTE

• •“Persinette” by Mlle de La Force, 1698, translated by Laura Christensen
• •Some Notes on the Authoress, Mlle de La Force
• •Translator’s Note

PART 2: PETROSINELLA and RAPUNZEL

• •Introduction to “Petrosinella” by Giambattista Basile, 1634–36
• •“Petrosinella,” translated by John Edward Taylor, 1847
• •Introduction to “Rapunzel” by the Brothers Grimm, 1812–57
• •“Rapunzel,” anonymous translation, 1853

PART 3: LITTLE TRANSLATOR

• •Acknowledgements
• •About the Translator