Charles Perrault was a French author and member of the Academie Francaise.
20 Facts About Charles Perrault
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Charles Perrault laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his 1697 book Histoires ou contes du temps passe.
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Charles 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.
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Charles Perrault attended very good schools and studied law before embarking on a career in government service, following in the footsteps of his father and elder brother Jean.
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Charles Perrault took part in the creation of the Academy of Sciences as well as the restoration of the Academy of Painting.
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Charles Perrault wrote Courses de tetes et de bague, written to commemorate the 1662 celebrations staged by Louis for his mistress, Louise-Francoise de La Baume le Blanc, duchesse de La Valliere.
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At Colbert's instigation, Charles Perrault was elected to the Academie francaise in 1671.
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Charles Perrault married Marie Guichon, age 19, in 1672; she died in 1678.
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In 1669 Charles Perrault advised Louis XIV to include thirty-nine fountains each representing one of the fables of Aesop in the labyrinth of Versailles in the gardens of Versailles.
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Charles Perrault produced the guidebook for the labyrinth, Labyrinte de Versailles, printed at the royal press, Paris, in 1677, and illustrated by Sebastien le Clerc.
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Charles Perrault was on the side of the Moderns and wrote Le Siecle de Louis le Grand and Parallele des Anciens et des Modernes where he attempted to prove the superiority of the literature of his century.
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Charles Perrault argued that because of Louis's enlightened rule, the present age was superior in every respect to ancient times.
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Charles Perrault claimed that even modern French literature was superior to the works of antiquity, and that, after all, even Homer nods.
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Colbert would die the next year, and Charles Perrault stopped receiving the pension given to him as a writer.
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Just like Jean Chapelain's La Pucelle, ou la France delivree, an epic poem about Joan of Arc, Charles Perrault became a target of mockery from Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux.
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In 1695, when he was 67, Charles Perrault lost his position as secretary and decided to dedicate himself to his children.
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Some of his popular stories, particularly Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty, are still commonly told similar to the way Charles Perrault had written them, while others have been revised over the years.
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Charles Perrault had written Little Red Riding Hood as a warning to readers about strangers preying on young girls walking through the forest.
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Charles Perrault concludes his fairy tale with a moral, cautioning women and young girls about the dangers of trusting men.
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Charles Perrault ornamented his folktale subject matter with details, asides and subtext drawn from the world of fashion.