Most fairy tales were written for adults. When Charles Perrault (1628-1703 ... with the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, that these stories became associated with children.

Perrault was born in Paris in 1628, and was a lawyer before turning his hand to the written word. In 1695, aged 67, he wrote Tales and Stories ... and the Grimm Brothers's Briar Rose, which ...