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A review by suchonalways__
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper by Charles Perrault
5.0
Whenever we hear a story of a girl of low status with great virtue suddenly achieving reward with the link of missing slipper or shoe, no matter what is the protagonist called, or what her origin is, that story is a cinderella story.
We all know this story but the first written version is from 1697 by Charles Perrault. And though it has changed quite a lot from Disney adaptation and retellings, his one is still the most beautiful of them all.
The modern world has made this a story of a girl rescued by prince charming. But originally it was never about finding a prince or getting recognition. It is about this very patient and a good-natured girl who endured all the torture and inhuman behavior of her stepmother and stepsisters in silence. She never once complained and has been good all her life. And when the time came like any other girl of her age, she also wanted to dress up and visit places. So her fairy godmother fulfilled her wish. She didn't go to the ball hoping to impress anyone. Rather she went there to enjoy the life she was always deprived of. She didn't fell for him first, it was the prince who was desperately in love with her. She didn't see it as an escape, rather she came back home and went back to leading her life like always, it was the prince who kept searching for her with the lost slipper. Now, there is a part in the original story where it says Cinderella looked in the prince's eyes and saw what a great man she is. If anything she cared for the heart underneath :')
To me, it is a story of getting happiness for being good. She was never anything but helpful, patient, good-natured. So she was rewarded with love. :')
Now some bonus discussion. Why doesn't the slipper magically vanish after midnight? Cause in the original story dress, carriage, and everything else was made out of magic. But the glass slipper was actually a gift from fairy godmother to Cinderella. She brought it out of her bag and gave it to Cinderella. That's why it didn't vanish.
We all know this story but the first written version is from 1697 by Charles Perrault. And though it has changed quite a lot from Disney adaptation and retellings, his one is still the most beautiful of them all.
The modern world has made this a story of a girl rescued by prince charming. But originally it was never about finding a prince or getting recognition. It is about this very patient and a good-natured girl who endured all the torture and inhuman behavior of her stepmother and stepsisters in silence. She never once complained and has been good all her life. And when the time came like any other girl of her age, she also wanted to dress up and visit places. So her fairy godmother fulfilled her wish. She didn't go to the ball hoping to impress anyone. Rather she went there to enjoy the life she was always deprived of. She didn't fell for him first, it was the prince who was desperately in love with her. She didn't see it as an escape, rather she came back home and went back to leading her life like always, it was the prince who kept searching for her with the lost slipper. Now, there is a part in the original story where it says Cinderella looked in the prince's eyes and saw what a great man she is. If anything she cared for the heart underneath :')
To me, it is a story of getting happiness for being good. She was never anything but helpful, patient, good-natured. So she was rewarded with love. :')
Now some bonus discussion. Why doesn't the slipper magically vanish after midnight? Cause in the original story dress, carriage, and everything else was made out of magic. But the glass slipper was actually a gift from fairy godmother to Cinderella. She brought it out of her bag and gave it to Cinderella. That's why it didn't vanish.