ABSTRACT
protagonist. Interestingly, while the heroines of her novels are distinguished principally by their passive suffering, the heroines of the fairy tales are capable of action and function as figures of power. Soldiers, lovers, courtiers, and rulers, they change the worlds of Madame d'Aulnoy's imagination, reminding us that the original audience was not children but adults, the elegant women of salon society during the reign of Louis XIV
