Quote of the day
Recurrence is sure. What the mind suffered last week, or last year, it does not suffer now; but it will suffer again next week or next year. Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.
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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