Quotes:Perrault, Charles

Zirkoff, Boris

Perrault, Charles. French author, b. at Paris, Jan. 12, 1628; d. May 16, 1703. Educated at Collège de Beauvais, quarrelled with his master and followed his own bent. Studied law at Orléans, 1651, practicing for a short time at Paris bar. Ten years later became Colbert’s secretary, and Controller-General of Public Works. Ended his official career, 1683, and devoted himself to literature. Several of his works caused heated controversy in France and England, especially his Le Siècle de Louis le Grand (Paris, 1687). While he was the author of many works, such as the Parallèle des ancients et des modernes ( 1688-96, 4 vols.) and others, he is best remembered for his Contes des Fées (Épinal, 1698). Perrault was admitted to the famous Académie Française.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 585