Cinderella

A bright, illuminating tour of the many fascinating and revealing manifestations of the Cinderella story, dancing artfully across cultures, forms and meanings. Matthew Sangster, author of An Introduction to Fantasy. A glass slipper, a fairy godmother, a transformed pumpkin, lizard footmen and seamstress mice: these familiar images evoke a very particular story, one where hopes and dreams for a new life might come true. Adaptations of Cinderella branch out through history and across the world