Perrault's Fairy Tales

Perrault's Fairy Tales was originaly written in 1697 by Charles Perrault. He 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 Thirty Four Illustrations by Gustave Dore from the 'Volume Les Contes de Perrault Dessins' by Gustave Dore, 1867. The best known of his ta...