On Fairy Tales, Their Sensitive Characters, and The Sensible Readers They Create.

The article discusses the sense and sensibility in fantasy literature through examining the role of sensibilité in French fairy tales in the last decade of the 17th century and first decade in the 18th century. The author focused on the work of the modern Queen Mab, a legendary fairy, by writer Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy. The author showed that fairy tales play a critical role in the development of the idea of sensibilité in France and the relationship between passion and virtue.