The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

INTRODUCTION

"Avec ardeur il aima les beaux arts."

_Griselidis_

_Charles Perrault must have been as charming a fellow as a man could meet. He was one of the best-liked personages of his own great age, and he has remained ever since a prime favourite of mankind. We are fortunate in knowing a great deal about his varied life, deriving our knowledge mainly from D&...