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Charles Perrault was a French author. Perrault was born in Paris as the seventh child. Perrault is best known for his Mother Goose fairy stories.
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, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Puss in Boots , The Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard. Some of Perrault's versions of old stories may have influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm 200 years later. The stories continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera, ballet, theatre, and film. Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th-century French literary scene, and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns.
