The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales

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Cazotte, Jacques

Cazotte, Jacques (1719–92),
French author of fairy and fantastic tales. After serving in French colonies, he pastiched oriental fairy tales with ‘La Patte du chatte, conte zinzinois’ (‘The Cat's Paw’, 1741), whose ironic chapter titles parody Crébillon. Likewise, the supposed publishing house of ‘L'Endormy’ in ‘Baillons' (‘The Sleeper’ in ‘Let's Yawn’) parodically presents ‘Les Mille et une fadaises, contes pour dormir debout’ (‘The Thousand and One Trifles, Tales to Fall Asleep by’, 1742), written for an insomniac princess. Cazotte was later inspired by the fairy‐tale revival of Le Cabinet des fées (The Fairies' Study, 1785) and wrote the Continuation des mille et une nuits (Arabian Tales, 1788–9). Based on genuine folklore, these stories feature good vs. evil jinns, socio‐political...

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