Riquet with the Tuft

Riquet with the Tuft
1867 illustration by Gustave Doré
AuthorCharles Perrault, Catherine Bernard
LanguageFrench
GenreFairy Tale
Publication date
1696, 1697
Publication placeFrance

"Riquet with the Tuft" (French: Riquet à la houppe), also known as "Ricky of the Tuft", is a French literary fairy tale first published by Catherine Bernard in 1696 in Ines de Cordoue. The more famous version is that of Charles Perrault in his Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697.