Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force

Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force
Madamoiselle de la Force as Flora, 17th century oil painting from the circle of Pierre Mignard
Born1650 (1650)
Died1724 (aged 73–74)
OccupationWriter, poet, and satirist
Subject
Notable worksPersinette (1698)

Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force, Charlotte-Rose Caumont La Force, or Mademoiselle de La Force (1650–1724) was a French novelist and poet. Her best-known work was her 1698 fairy tale Persinette, which was adapted by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 as the story Rapunzel.

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