Perrault
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Per·rault
(pə-rō′, pĕ-), Charles 1628-1703. French writer of fairy tales. His Tales of Mother Goose (c. 1697) includes "Tom Thumb" and "Sleeping Beauty."
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Perrault
(French pɛro)n
(Biography) Charles (ʃarl). 1628–1703, French author, noted for his Contes de ma mère l'oye (1697), which contains the fairy tales Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and The Sleeping Beauty
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Per•rault
(pəˈroʊ, pɛ-)n.
Charles, 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
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