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Histoires ou contes du temps passé, an Uncommon card
Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités, or Contes de ma mère l'Oye, is a collection of literary fairy tales written by Charles Perrault, published in Paris on 11 January 1697.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Histoires ou contes du temps passé quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Histoires ou contes du temps passé card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Colbert's death may have forced Perrault's retirement, at which point he turned to ______.
Answer
writing. Colbert's death may have forced Perrault's retirement, at which point he turned to writing. From the Histoires ou contes du temps passé article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités, or Contes de ma mère l'Oye, is a collection of literary fairy tales written by Charles Perrault, published in Paris on 11 January ____.
Answer
1690s. Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités, or Contes de ma mère l'Oye, is a collection of literary fairy tales written by Charles Perrault, published in Paris on 11 January 1697. From the Histoires ou contes du temps passé article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The work became popular because it was written at a time when fairy tales were fashionable amongst aristocrats in Parisian literary salons.
- Perrault wrote the work when he retired from court as secretary to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister to King Louis XIV.
- Colbert's death may have forced Perrault's retirement, at which point he turned to writing.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Histoires ou contes du temps passé article was read about 30,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Histoires ou contes du temps passé
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Histoires ou contes du temps passé (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Charles Perrault (author), Antoine Clouzier (illustrator), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
