Chisholm, Louey. “Cinderella.” In Fairyland: Tales Told Again, illustrated by Katharine Cameron, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904, pp. 185-190.
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Title
Chisholm, Louey. “Cinderella.” In Fairyland: Tales Told Again, illustrated by Katharine Cameron, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904, pp. 185-190.
Description
In this version of Cinderella based on Charles Perrault’s tale, her fairy godmother used magic to transform pumpkin and animals (mice, rats, lizards) into a carriage and servants to take Cinderella to the ball to meet the Prince. Her stepsisters were cruel to her, but once they found out she was the beautiful girl at the ball with the Prince, they begged for her forgiveness. There is one color illustration for this tale that depicts Cinderella coming out of her carriage at the prince’s ball.
Alternative Title
In Fairyland: Tales Told Again
Creator
Louey Chisholm
Louey Chisholm
Contributor
Katherine Cameron
Spatial Coverage
New York
Coverage
US
Publisher
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Date
1904
Temporal Coverage
1900-1909
Identifier
Cinderella
Abstract
The narrator begins by stating that Cinderella’s real name was unknown, she only became Cinderella after her father remarried. Cinderella was the family’s maid, working from morning to night for her stepmother and stepsisters. On the night of the prince’s ball, she is terribly sad because she cannot attend. Her stepsisters laugh at the thought of her even going since she is only wearing rags. While crying, her fairy godmother magically appears and dresses her in fine clothing and makes a carriage, horses, and driver from a pumpkin, mice and a lizard. Cinderella attends the prince’s ball and dances with the prince. She returns to the second ball, where she dances with him the whole evening. At midnight, her clothes become rags once again, so each night she must flee the ball before the transformation occurs. The prince finds her glass slipper and has his herald find her by letting every woman in the kingdom try on the glass shoe. Once the herald finds Cinderella, she and the Prince are married and live happily ever after.
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