When he dies, an old miller leaves his three sons all his property. The youngest son receives a cat. Without a penny in his pocket, not knowing what to do with such a gift, he thinks of eating it. But the cat turns out to be able to speak…
In exchange for a bag and a pair of boots, and with a lot of cunning, the feline will pass the young man off as a powerful gentleman, the Marquis de Carabas, and allow him to marry the princess of the kingdom.
Albertine’s fine and colorful gouaches delicately illustrate this great classic tale. By playing on the suppleness of the bodies and the acidulous freshness of the colors, her images give Perrault’s text a sparkling and light sensuality.
