![]() Scholars have debated as to the origin of his tales and whether they are original literary fairy tales modified from commonly known stories, or based on stories written by earlier medieval writers such as Boccaccio.Įlaborate embellishments were a preferred style at the French court. Colbert's death may have forced Perrault's retirement, at which point he turned to writing. ![]() 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. Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités or Contes de ma mère l'Oye ( Stories or Tales from Past Times, with Morals or Mother Goose Tales) is a collection of literary fairy tales written by Charles Perrault, published in Paris in 1697. ![]() Title page of the 1695 manuscript of Charles Perrault's Contes de ma mère l'Oye ( The Morgan Library & Museum, New York) ![]()
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