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Collected Item: ““Cinderella.” Grimm’s Household Fairy Tales, translated by Ella Boldey, with illustrations by R. André, New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890, pp. 106-111.”

Full bibliographic citation (MLA)

“Cinderella.” Grimm’s Household Fairy Tales, translated by Ella Boldey, with illustrations by R. André, New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890, pp. 106-111. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00078883/00001/7j

Title of the complete book/anthology (not a single chapter/fairy tale)

Grimm’s Household Fairy Tales

The name of the author or editor of the complete book/anthology (leave blank if none are listed)

Grimm Brothers translated by Ella Boldey

Illustrator(s) of the book/anthology (leave blank if none are listed)

R. André

The country where the book/anthology was published (use United States for US publications)

US

The publisher of the book/anthology (as written on the title page)

McLoughlin Bros.

Date of publication (or date range from the library catalog, if no dates are listed in the book)

1890

The decade the book was published (use the drop down menu)

1890-1899

The fairy tale type (use the drop down menu)

Cinderella

The author of the fairy tale/chapter (leave blank if none is listed). If there is only an author for the whole book/anthology listed, use that author again for this entry

Grimm Brothers translated by Ella Boldey

What is special about this version of the tale?

The black and white color of the illustrations of this version influences depressing emotions. Certain instances of the story are chosen to be depicted instead of others and they all point to Cinderella’s way of escape from the oppression of her stepmother and stepsisters. Surprisingly, loving Cinderella never prevents her stepsisters from attending the festivities for her wedding. However, karma catches up with her stepsisters in the end.

A brief summary of the plot that highlights any unique variations

Poor Cinderella, at least, had a hazel bush where a white dove makes any of Cinderella’s wishes come true. She leaves behind a small golden slipper that her two stepsisters took to try on, cutting off a toe or a heel for the golden slipper to fit. Kind Cinderella, about to be wed, allowed her horrible stepsisters to join the festivities, where the doves from the hazel bush picked out their eyes and were made blind for the rest of their lives.

The original source of the fairy tale, if easily identifiable (Straparola, Basile, de Beaumont, Perrault, Grimm, etc.)

Grimm Brothers

A link to a digital copy of the book

https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00078883/00001/7j

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