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Charles Perrault
took a collection of traditional children's
stories and put them into a readable format in
one volume, called Stories of Tales from
Times Past, with Morals. Subtitled Tales
of Mother Goose, the work included such
well-known stories as Little Red Riding Hood,
Puss in Boots, and Cinderella. |
Alexandre Dumas
published more than 270 works over the course of
his lifetime, and was the most widely read French
writer of his day. Most of his novels --
including The Three Musketeers and The
Count of Monte-Cristo -- were very loosely
based on historic events. |
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