Charles Deulin (1827–1877) was a French writer, theatre critic,[1] and folklorist who is most known for his contemporary adaptations of European folk tales.
[1] Among his many stories are "Cambrinus, King of Beer", "The Twelve Dancing Princesses", "The Enchanted Canary", and "The Nettle Spinner'.
[2] After Deulin eloped with a local girl and moved to Paris, he made a living writing columns and theatre reviews for various periodicals; but his most successful works were short stories based on the folk tales of the countryside.
His first effort, "Le compère de la mort", was an adaptation of an oral story he had once heard.
After Deulin's death in 1877, his publisher distributed the author's final contribution to folkloristics: Mother Goose Tales before Perrault (1878).