Charles Perrault (French: 12 January 1628 - 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Academie Francaise. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botte (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois Dormant (The Sleeping Beauty), and Barbe Bleue (Bluebeard)."

Quiller-Couch here gives us these four fairy tales that have been perennial favorites for centuries. The first three fairy tales are 'The Sleeping Beauty, ' 'Blue Beard, ' and 'Cinderella, ' all three of which were popularized in France by Charles Perrault in 1697 in his Tales of Mother Goose. The last tale in the compilation is 'Beauty and the Beast, ' this version attributed to Gabrielle de Villeneuve, who published it in 1740 and 1756. Quiller-Couch had this to say regarding his translation of these tales: 'I began by translating Perrault's tales, very nearly word for word....the...

The sleeping beauty in the wood. Puss in boots. Little Tom Thumb. The fairies. Ricky of the tuft. Cinderella. Little Red Riding Hood. Blue Beard. Beauty and the beast. The friendly frog. Princess Rosette

The Man Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a member of the Academie Francaise and a leading intellectual of his time. Ironically, his dialogue Paralleles des anciens et des modernes (Parallels between the Ancients and the Moderns), 1688-1697, which compared the authors of antiquity unfavorably to modern writers, served as a forerunner for the Age of Enlightenment in Europe, an era that was not always receptive to tales of magic and fantasy. The Stories Perrault could have not predicted that his reputation for future generations would rest almost entirely on a slender book published in 1697...

Charles Perrault (Paris, 12 de enero de 1628-ibidem, 16 de mayo de 1703) fue un escritor frances, principalmente reconocido por haber dado forma literaria a cuentos clasicos infantiles como Piel de asno, Pulgarcito, Barba Azul, Cenicienta, La bella durmiente, Caperucita Roja y El gato con botas, atemperando en muchos casos la crudeza de las versiones orales."