Charles Perrault (1628–1703)
Author of Puss in Boots
About the Author
Charles Perrault was born in Paris on January 12, 1628. He was the son of an upper-class burgeois family and attended the best schools, becoming a lawyer in 1651. After being a lawyer for some time, he was appointed chief clerk in the king's building, superintendent's office in 1664. While there, show more he induced Colbert to establish a fund called Liste des Bienfaits du Roi, to give pensions to writers and savants not only in France but in Europe. He took part in the creation of the Academy of Sciences as well as the restoration of the Academy of Painting. When the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres was founded by Colbert in 1663, Perrault was made secretary for life. Having written but a few popular poems, he was elected to the French Academy in 1671, and on the day of his inauguration he invited the public to be admitted to the meeting, a privilege that has ever since been continued. Perrault 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 Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard). His stories continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera, ballet (for example, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty), theatre, and film. He also wrote Parallèles des Anciens et des Modernes (the Parallels between the Ancients and the Moderns), from 1688 to 1697, which compared the authors of antiquity unfavorably to more modern writers, and caused a debate that lasted for years. Charles Perrault died on May 16, 1703. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Strictly C. Perrault could also refer to Claude Perrault, so it may have to be separated out at some stage.
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Series
Works by Charles Perrault
Perrault's Fairy Tales 140 copies
The Complete Fairy Tales in Verse and Prose/ L'Integrale des Contes en vers et en prose: A Dual-Language Book… (2003) 54 copies
Little Red Riding Hood (Reader's Digest Young Families Classics for Beginning Readers) (2003) 28 copies
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Wisehouse Classics Edition - with original color illustrations by Harry Clarke) (2016) 22 copies
Famous French fairy tales, collected and adapted from the original Perrault by David Stone (1959) 16 copies
11 Bilingual Fairy Tales in Spanish and English: Improve your Spanish or English reading and listening comprehension… (2018) 12 copies
Historias Ou Contos De Outrora 8 copies
The fairy tales of Charles Perrault 7 copies
Peau-d'Âne 6 copies
Little Red Riding Hood: The Ultimate Collection (Illustrated. 11 Different versions Bonus Features) (2014) 6 copies
Saabastega kass : [muinasjutt] 6 copies
I racconti di Mamma Oca 6 copies
Muinasjutud 5 copies
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault: Ten Short Stories for Children Including Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Blue Beard,… (2010) 5 copies
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. Translated with an introduction by Geoffrey Brereton (Penguin Classics. no. L69.) (1957) 5 copies
A BELA ADORMECIDA 5 copies
10 Bilingual Fairy Tales in French and English: Improve your French or English reading and listening comprehension… (2017) 4 copies
Fairy Tales 4 copies
Punamütsike : [muinasjutt] 4 copies
Forever Series: Children's Fairy Tale Classics: Puss in Boots (Forever - Children's Fairy Tale Classics) (1996) 4 copies
Le più belle fiabe 3 copies
Little Red Riding Hood 3 copies
Algunos cuentos de Perrault nueva traducción española, con ilustraciones de Manuela de Velasco (2005) 3 copies
Beauty And The Beast CD ROM 3 copies
Caperucita roja / Little Red Riding Hood (Jaguar Ilustrados / Jaguar Illustrated) (Spanish Edition) (2011) 3 copies
Gåsmors sagor 3 copies
O gato de botas 3 copies
La bella durmiente 3 copies
Cuentos de viejas 3 copies
Волшебные сказки 3 copies
Cuentos de Perrault 3 copies
Contes de Perrault: le Petit Chaperon rouge; le Chat botté; la Barbe bleue; la Belle au bois dormant; Cendrillon… (2011) 3 copies
O GATO DE BOTAS 3 copies
Pasaku Pasaulē 3 copies
Muinasjutud : [keskmisele koolieale] 3 copies
El gato con botas 2 copies
The whimsical history of Bluebeard 2 copies
El gato con botas 2 copies
El gato con botas 2 copies
Cappuccetto Rosso 2 copies
O príncipe e a gata 2 copies
Zé Chumaço 2 copies
Cappucetto Rosso 2 copies
Contes Choisis: La Belle au bois dormant, La Barbe bleue, Riquet à la houppe, Le Petit Poucet... (2009) 2 copies
Tales of Times Past: The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Illustrated by Gustave Doré) (Top Five Classics) (2020) 2 copies
Der kleine Däumling 2 copies
Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault 2 copies
Le chat botté (CD inclus) 2 copies
Cinderela. Classic Stars 2 copies
Bajke 2 copies
Le Bibliobus n° 10 CE2 Parcours de lecture de 4 oeuvres complètes : Les fées ; Une affaire de lunettes ; Jojo et… (2005) 2 copies
Cendrillon et Autres Contes 2 copies
Le Chat botté (Edition pédagogique commentée et complétée de Notes, Belin Boussole) (2018) — Author — 2 copies
Cindrella : Graphic Novels 2 copies
OS PRESENTES DA FADA 2 copies
The Fairy Tales in Verse and Prose/Les contes en vers et en prose : A Dual-Language Book (2012) 2 copies
ZÉ CHUMAÇO 2 copies
O capuchinho vermelho 2 copies
A rainha dos pavões 2 copies
Contes en vers et en prose 2 copies
Le Chat Botte 2 copies
Cuentos De Perrault 2 copies
Le chat botté: Contes et Histoires pour enfants (Il était une fois t. 8) (French Edition) (2014) 2 copies
Punamütsike 1 copy
Sinjata brada 1 copy
Pikku Punahilkka 1 copy
Pohadky matky husy 1 copy
Su gatu cun sos istivales 1 copy
Saabastega kass 1 copy
Caperucita roja 1 copy
La Bella Durmiente 1 copy
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge 1 copy
La caputxeta vermella 1 copy
La Caputxeta Vermella 1 copy
Carapuchiña vermella 1 copy
Popeliushka 1 copy
Le Favole 1 copy
Кот в сапогах 1 copy
Мальчик с пальчик 1 copy
Griselda 1 copy
Spyaschaya krasavitsa 1 copy
Красная Шапочка 1 copy
Шарль Перро. Улюблені казки 1 copy
URIASUL PERIFERIGERILERIMINI 1 copy
Мальчик с пальчик 1 copy
Seule dans ma peau d'âne (Edition pédagogique commentée et complétée de Notes, Belin Boussole) (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy
Barbablu 1 copy
Шарль Перро. Сказки 1 copy
Charles Perrault. Contes en vers. Contes de ma mère l'Oie : Ou Histoires ou contes du temps passé.… 1 copy
Däumling 1 copy
Non renseigné 1 copy
La Barbe bleue 1 copy
Jaś i Małgosia 1 copy
Читаємо після букваря 1 copy
PUNAHILKKA / PERRAULT 1 copy
Frumoasa din pădurea adormită Darurile Zânei Barbă-Albastră Riquet cel moțat Motanul Încălțat 1 copy
Le Chat Botte 1 copy
El Gato con Botas 1 copy
de gelaarsde kat 1 copy
Obuti maček 1 copy
Le Chat Botté 1 copy
Le chat botté 1 copy
O polegarzinho 1 copy
Le chat botté 1 copy
Il gatto con gli stivali 1 copy
Barba-Albastra 1 copy
El Gato con Botas 1 copy
Saabastega kass 1 copy
Il gatto con gli stivali 1 copy
PUSS IN BOOTS 1 copy
Pollicino 1 copy
Le Chat botté 1 copy
O Gato de Botas 1 copy
Skazki Matushki Gusyni 1 copy
Co Be Choang Khan Do 1 copy
Il gatto con gli stivali 1 copy
O Gato de Botas 1 copy
O gato de botas 1 copy
El gato con botas 1 copy
la Fable du Hasard 1 copy
Cencienta 1 copy
KUL KEDISI SINDERELLA 1 copy
O Gato de Botas 1 copy
O Pequeno Polegar 1 copy
EL GATO CON BOTAS 1 copy
Puss In Boots 1 copy
O Gato de Botas 1 copy
Kot v sapogakh 1 copy
EL GATO CON BOTAS 1 copy
O BARBA AZUL 1 copy
O Gato de Botas 265 1 copy
Barbazul 1 copy
Il gatto con gli stivali 1 copy
BARBAZUL 1 copy
Oeuvres de Charles Perrault 1 copy
Contes des fées 1 copy
Els contes den Perrault 1 copy
Contes choisis : Le Chat botté. La Belle au bois dormant. Le Petit Chaperon rouge. Le Petit Poucet. Cendrillon. (1956) 1 copy
The Runaway Princess 1 copy
O traje novo do grão duque 1 copy
Le Cabinet des Fées Or Recreative Readings Arranged for the Express Use of Students in French (French Edition) (2011) 1 copy
Repelsteeltje 1 copy
La Belle au Bois Dormant 1 copy
Les contes de Perrault 1 copy
ZOPETE 1 copy
Les contes 1 copy
LA REINA DE LOS PAVOS 1 copy
EL TRAJE NUEVO DEL EMPERADOR 1 copy
LOS REGALOS DEL HADA 1 copy
Contes de ma mère m'oie 1 copy
El gato con botas y otros cuentos de hadas ilustrados por Gustave Doré (Spanish Edition) (2012) 1 copy
Memoires, Contes Et Autres Oeuvres de Charles Perrault: Precedes D'Une Notice Sur L'Auteur, Et D'Une Dissertation Sur… (2017) 1 copy
Askepot og Sødgrøden 1 copy
Odabrane bajke 1 copy
The Ugly Duckling 1 copy
Cinderella - Cenerentola: Bilingual parallel text - Bilingue con testo inglese a fronte: English-Italian /… (2014) 1 copy
Les Contes de Perrault 1 copy
Märchen aus alter Zeit. Illustriert von Gustave Dore. Nach den Originalausgaben von 1694 (Contes en Vers) und 1697… (1977) 1 copy
Novelle 1 copy
I racconti delle fate 1 copy
Sprookjes van moeder de gans 1 copy
De gelaarsde kat 1 copy
Histories or tales of past times, told by Mother Goose. With morals. Written in French by M. Perrault, and Englished by… (2010) 1 copy
Runcis zābakos 1 copy
Perrault 1 copy
Mille ans de contes : Tome 1, Classiques : Charles Perrault, Jacob et Wilhelm Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen (2007) 1 copy
Mémoires de ma vie: 1628-1687: la colonnade du Louvre, politique culturelle de Colbert (2009) 1 copy
Favole sotto le coperte 1 copy
Hudobna in pridna deklica 1 copy
Oeuvres 1 copy
TRES CHANCHITOS (LOS) 1 copy
Charles Perraults sagor 1 copy
De vakreste eventyr 1 copy
Favorite Fairy Tales, v1 1 copy
Mis mejores cuentos/ My Best Stories: Perrault y otros clasicos/ Perrault and Other Classics (Rincon De Lectura/… (2009) 1 copy
Perrault's Stories / Cuentos de Perrault: Bilingual (Spanish-English Translated) Dual-Language Edition (2013) 1 copy
Contes de Perrault illustrés par Gustave Doré (Contes de ma mère l'Oye) (French Edition) (2014) 1 copy
Punahilkka 1 copy
The Tales of Mother Goose: Bilingual Edition: English-French (English and French Edition) (2014) 1 copy
Cuentos de hadas ilustrados: El gato con botas, Caperucita Roja, La bella durmiente, Barba Azul, Cenicienta (Spanish… (2012) 1 copy
Les Plus Beaux Contes de Perrault: La Belle au bois dormant -Cendrillon -Le Chat botté (1999) 1 copy
Prinses Eselvel 1 copy
Petit Chaperon Rouge, Le 1 copy
Caperucita Roja - gutmaga 1 copy
Contes de Charles Perrault. Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. Bilingual Book in French and English: Édition bilingue… (2016) 1 copy
Barba Azul 1 copy
O Príncipe e o Monstro 1 copy
Le petit Poucet (Edition pédagogique commentée et complétée de Notes, Belin Boussole) (2016) — Author — 1 copy
La belle au bois dormant (Edition pédagogique commentée et complétée de Notes, Belin Boussole) (1697) — Author — 1 copy
Contos de Charles Perrault 1 copy
As Fadas Livro 1 1 copy
O Cordeiro do Colar de Ouro 1 copy
Bilhetes, Por Favor 1 copy
Cinderella - La Cenicienta: Bilingual parallel text - Textos bilingües en paralelo: English-Spanish / Inglés-Español… (2018) 1 copy
LOS DESEOS RIDÍCULOS # 00873 1 copy
Morals 1 copy
Παραμύθια του Παλιού Καιρού 1 copy
3 Contes de Perrault 1 copy
Le Petit Poucet livre disque 1 copy
Le Chat Botté livre disque 1 copy
Peau d'âne livre disque 1 copy
Barbe-Bleue 1 copy
Storie del tempo che fu 1 copy
Červená karkulka 1 copy
Il gatto stivalato 1 copy
Klein Duimpje 1 copy
Klein Duimpje 1 copy
PETIT POUCET (LE) 1 copy
Cinderella 1 copy
Fiabe 1 copy
El gato con botas. Puss in Boots. Bilingual Spanish - English Fairy Tale: El libro bilingue ilustrado para… (2015) 1 copy
La Cenicienta (PRIMEROS LECTORES (1-5 años) - Cuentos clásicos para leer y contar) (Spanish Edition) (2015) 1 copy
The Glass Slipper 1 copy
The Fairy Tales 1 copy
Beauty and the beast / [retold by Geraldine Kaye ; the illustrations are by Evadne Paul]. (1972) 1 copy
Povești cu zâne 1 copy
Scufița Roșie 1 copy
Le Chat Botté. Puss in Boots. Charles Perrault. Bilingual French - English Fairy Tale: Dual Language Picture Book for… (2015) 1 copy
Le petit Chaperon rouge - Akazukin chan (Conte classique bilingue en français - japonais. (French Edition) (2018) 1 copy
Blauwbaard 1 copy
O tesouro dos três irmãos 1 copy
Tales of Times Past: The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Illustrated by Gustave Doré) (Top Five Classics) (2020) 1 copy
Little Red Riding Hood 1 copy
החתול במגפים 1 copy
Capuccetto Rosso 1 copy
Cuentos de perrault 1 copy
Snehvide 1 copy
Les Contes des Perrault 1 copy
O polegarzinho 1 copy
CONTOS DE PERRAULT 1 copy
Associated Works
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contributor — 570 copies
The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm [Norton Critical Edition] (2001) — Contributor — 361 copies
Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists (2013) — Contributor — 301 copies
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributor — 90 copies
Fairies, Pookas, and Changelings: A Complete Guide to the Wild and Wicked Enchanted Realm (2017) — Contributor — 24 copies
The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 2: From Salome to Edgar Allan Poe to The Silence of the Lambs (2021) — Contributor — 14 copies
The Illustrated Fairy Tale Princess Collection (Illustrated Classics) (2017) — Contributor — 12 copies
Ravel: Boléro / Ma mère l'Oye / Rapsodie espagnole / Une barque sur l'océan / Alborada del gracioso (1994) — Original story — 11 copies
Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites - Sleeping Beauty / Swan Lake / Nutcracker (1996) — Original story — 8 copies
Contes et nouvelles en vers par Voltaire, Vegier, Sénecé, Perault, Moncrif, et le P. Duceneau (tome I), Grégourt,… (1878) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Perrault, Charles
- Legal name
- Perrault, Charles
- Birthdate
- 1628-01-12
- Date of death
- 1703-05-15
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Places of residence
- Paris, France
- Education
- Lycée Saint-Louis
- Occupations
- lawyer
secretary
poet
storyteller
fairy tale writer - Relationships
- Perrault, Claude (brother)
L'Heritier, Marie-Jeanne (niece) - Organizations
- Académie française (1671)
- Short biography
- Charles Perrault was born to a wealthy bourgeois family in Paris. He attended the best schools and was always top of his class. He chose the law as a career, and also worked with his older brother Jean collecting taxes for the city of Paris. His brother Claude Perrault became a prominent architect of the Louvre. King Louis XIV liked Charles Perrault and gave him several appointments and positions, including looking after royal buildings, designing tapestries, and writing poems. Perrault was elected to the Académie Française in 1671, and opened up the induction ceremony to the public for the first time. In 1672, he married Marie Guichon and the couple had several children. After she died in 1678, he gave up his public life to educate their children. He was nearly 70 years old when he published the book for which he's best remembered today, Contes de ma mère l’oye (Tales of Mother Goose, 1697). It contained eight classic fairy tales that continue to be beloved by adults and children and have inspired many other works, including Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, and Tom Thumb. Many of the stories were well-known oral tales in Perrault’s time, but had never been written down before.
- Disambiguation notice
- Strictly C. Perrault could also refer to Claude Perrault, so it may have to be separated out at some stage.
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Published in 1952, Puss in Boots is a translation of the original tale, Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté, as written by seventeenth-century French author Charles Perrault, whose work has also given us popular versions of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty. Brown's telling here is engaging, and her accompanying artwork delightful. It's easy to see why this was a Caldecott Honor book in 1953! As with Brown's Cinderella, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1955, I found the artist's use of color here appealing, and appreciated her elegantly stylized figures. Recommended to young fairy and folktale lovers, and to any picture book readers looking for retellings of the traditional story of Puss in Boots.… (more)