![]() ![]() ![]() Originally published in 1697, his Stories or Tales or Tales from Times Past, with Morals (More popularly known by its subtitle, Tales of My Mother Goose) created the fairy tale genre with eight literary retellings and three nursery rhymes.Over the centuries, the bedtime stories have been retold again and again, changing their shapes as they're introduced to new generations, but the fundamentals have remained the same. Perrault wrote the work when he retired from court as secretary to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister to Louis XIV of France. The work became popular because it was written at a time when fairy tales were fashionable amongst aristocrats in Parisian literary salons. In fact, Mother Goose and her moral tales became popular in America during the 18th century thanks to the translation of a French story collection by Charles Perrault. A collection of literary fairy tales written by Charles Perrault, published in Paris in 1697. From Cinderella to Sleeping Beauty to Little Red Riding Hood and even Puss in Boots, these characters and their stories are so ingrained in childhood and the popular culture that they're easy to take for granted it's like they've always been there. A list of the best Mother Goose fairy tales, as ranked by readers who've known them their whole lives. The initiator of the literary fairy tale genre, Charles Perrault (1628 1703) published a collection inspired by the old oral traditions of French and European folklore. ![]()
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