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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.

Born 2 Jan 1628
Died 16 May 1703

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  • Cover of: La Cenicienta
    First published in 1994 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Cenicienta y Otros Cuentos
    First published in 1997 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Cenicienta Y Otros Cuentos/Cinderella and Other Tales

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  • Cover of: Characters historical and panegyrical of the greatest men that have appear'd in France: during the last century.

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  • Cover of: Cinderella
    First published in 2005 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Cinderella
    First published in 2004 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Cinderella (Classic Tales, 8)

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  • Cover of: Cinderella, das Aschenputtel

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  • Cover of: Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood

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  • Cover of: Cinderella: or, The history of the little glass slipper

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  • Cover of: Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper

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  • Cover of: Cinderella, and other tales from Perrault

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  • Cover of: Cinderella, Puss in Boots, and other favorite tales

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  • Cover of: Cinderella and the Prince: A Colorful Pictorial Recount of the Cinderella Story

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  • Cover of: Cinderella and The two gifts [proof]

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  • Cover of: Cinderella (Tiny Tales)
    First published in 1993 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Cinderilla, or, The little glass slipper: designed for the entertainment of all good little misses, ornamented with engravings.

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  • Cover of: Contes de fe es
    First published in 1898 1 edition

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    First published in 1969 1 edition

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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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