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Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper is a book adapted and illustrated by Marcia Brown. Released by Charles Scribner's Sons , the book is a retelling of the story of Cinderella as written by Charles Perrault , and was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1955.
"Cinderella", [a] or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world. [2] [3] The protagonist is a young girl living in forsaken circumstances who is suddenly blessed by remarkable fortune, with her ascension to the throne via marriage.
Night Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories, [1] first published in 1978. In 1980, Night Shift won the Balrog Award for Best Collection, and in 1979 it was nominated as best collection for the Locus Award and the World Fantasy Award .
That night, the stepmother and stepsisters depart for the ball leaving Cinderella alone. Cinderella's fairy godmother returns and informs Cinderella that she too can go to the ball. She transforms Cinderella's shabby dress into a lovely gown, arranges her hair in the period fashion, and a coach and horses are magically prepared.
The third event in a series of events becomes "the final trigger for something important to happen." This pattern appears in childhood stories such as "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "Cinderella", and "Little Red Riding Hood". In adult stories, the Rule of Three conveys the gradual resolution of a process that leads to transformation. This ...
The novel centers around the familiar story of Cinderella, her father recently remarried, and lamenting the misery of her new life with stepsisters and a stepmother. The twist arrives when Ash falls in love with the King's respected huntress Kaisa, after she has made a commitment to dark fairy prince Sidhean.
Cornell George Hopley Woolrich (/ ˈ w ʊ l r ɪ tʃ / WUUL-ritch; December 4, 1903 – September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer.He sometimes used the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley.
Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. He wrote hundreds of short stories, one novel, and seven full-length plays.