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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Charles Perrault
Born: January 12, 1628
Died: May 16, 1703 (aged 75)
Bio: Charles Perrault was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales.
Known for:
- Little Red Riding Hood (1697)
- Puss in Boots (1697)
- The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
- Bluebeard (1697)
- The Tales of Mother Goose (1697)
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