Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault (; 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) 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 earlier folk tales. The best known of his tales include "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" ("Little Red Riding Hood"), "Cendrillon" ("Cinderella"), "Le Chat Botté" ("Puss in Boots"), "La Belle au bois Dormant " ("The Sleeping Beauty") and "Barbe Bleue" ("Bluebeard"). Some of Perrault's versions of old stories have influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later.
Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie children, Hester and Billy. She was a step-aunt of Virginia Woolf, who penned an obituary of her in the Times Literary Supplement. She is believed to have inspired the character of Mrs Hilbery in Woolf's "Night and Day". In 1863, Anne Isabella published "The story of Elizabeth" with immediate success. Several works followed: In other writings, she made unusual use of old folk stories to depict modern situations and occurrences, such as "Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella" and "Little Red Riding Hood". She also published the following novels: Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie, née Thackeray (9 June 1837 –