Collected Item: “Perrault, Charles, “Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper.” Old French Fairy Tales, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1899, pp. 182-196.”
Full bibliographic citation (MLA)
Perrault, Charles, “Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper.” Old French Fairy Tales, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1899, pp. 182-196.
Title of the complete book/anthology (not a single chapter/fairy tale)
Old French Fairytales
The name of the author or editor of the complete book/anthology (leave blank if none are listed)
Perrault, Charles and D’Aulnoy, Madame
Illustrator(s) of the book/anthology (leave blank if none are listed)
It says that there are two hundred illustrations by the most celebrated French artists
City where the book/anthology was published
Boston
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)
Little,Brown
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
Chapter 7 and Charles Perrault
What is special about this version of the tale?
I think what makes this version of the story special is the simplicity of the story. It is very easy to read and follow. The story moves along very quickly.
A brief summary of the plot that highlights any unique variations
After reading this story of Cinderella. I realized that a lot of the story was pretty similar to the story I grew up with as a kid. Although a few things did stand out to me. First, I thought it was interesting that animals didn’t play a huge role in this story. In the Disney version Cinderella’s relationship with all the animals is a huge part of the story line. Something else I thought was interesting was at the end when Cinderella forgave her stepsisters, she took them to the castle with her and helped them find husbands. Whereas in the version I know Cinderella completely leaves and gets her justice. Lastly, I thought it was interesting how the ball was a multiple day event instead of just one night.
The original source of the fairy tale, if easily identifiable (Straparola, Basile, de Beaumont, Perrault, Grimm, etc.)
Charles Perrault
A link to a digital copy of the book
https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/detail/UCBOULDERCB1~53~53~1098903~224317:Old-french-fairy-tales?sort=title%2Cpage_order&qvq=sort:title%2Cpage_order;lc:UCBOULDERCB1~53~53&mi=34&trs=49
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