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Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that whoever saw the daughter saw the mother.

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Charles Perrault
Age: 75 †
Born: 1628
Born: January 12
Died: 1703
Died: May 16
Art Theorist
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Collector Of Fairy Tales
Critic
Poet
Poet Lawyer
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Paris
France
C. Perrault
Perro Sharl
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