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Charles Perrault

The French author who laid the foundations for the fairy tale genre of literature. His collected "Contes des fées" (widely known as the Mother Goose stories) have been endlessly retold, most profitably by Disney. Every child knows "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast", "Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White", "Puss in Boots", "Tom Thumb", and "Red Riding Hood".

Charles Perrault naquit a Paris le 12 janvier 1628, septieme enfant de Pierre Perrault, avocat au parlement de Paris. Apres d'excellentes etudes au college de Beauvais, rue Jean-De-Beauvais a Paris, il fut recu avocat en 1651. Il abandonna bientot apres le barreau et devint commis de son frere aine, Pierre, receveur general des finances de Paris. Les loisirs que lui laissait sa place lui permirent de se livrer a la poesie : diverses pieces de circonstances, a la verite assez mediocrement versifiees, commencerent a le faire connaitre des hommes de lettres et des artistes de son temps. En 1663, il entra au service de Colbert et devint rapidement son homme de confiance : nomme secretaire de la " petite academie " , qui sera plus tard l'academie des inscriptions et belles lettres, il prit ensuite une part active a l'administration des batiments du roi, avec le titre de "premier commis des batiments" . En 1671, il fut elu a l'academie francaise. La meme annee, il epousa une jeune fille de dix-neuf ans, Marie Guichon, qui lui donna quatre enfants et le laissa veuf en 1678.

French author (1628-1703)

Born 2 Jan 1628
Died 16 May 1703

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  • Cover of: Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin & Other Stories

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  • Cover of: Renowned History of Little Red Riding Hood

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  • Cover of: Contes
    First published in 1978 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Zolotai͡a kniga luchshikh skazok mira

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  • Cover of: Cuentos maravillosos
    First published in 2007 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Cendrillon

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  • Cover of: Mon petit coffret des contes de Perrault

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  • Cover of: Sixteen Sisters, Level 16

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  • Cover of: Cizmeli Kedi
    First published in 2016 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Sindirella: Uzman Çocuk Psikologu Onayli

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  • Cover of: Puss in Boots / Easy Start Series

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  • Cover of: Cuentos completos

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  • Cover of: La bella durmiente
    First published in 2003 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Contes de ma mère l'Oye: illustr. de Gustave Doré

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  • Cover of: The Vindication of wives
    First published in 1954 1 edition

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    First published in 1999 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Gestiefelte Kater: Nach Einem M©Þrchen Von Charles Perrault

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  • Cover of: Cenerentola
    First published in 2017 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Original Tales of Cinderella

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  • Cover of: Cinderella and Other Stories

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French author (1628-1703)

Born 2 Jan 1628
Died 16 May 1703

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February 27, 2022 Edited by JeneeWhitney merge authors
December 21, 2021 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternatives names
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