Chisholm, Louey. “Cinderella.” In Fairyland: Tales Told Again, illustrated by Katharine Cameron, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904, pp. 185-190.
Tale Summary
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.
Fairy Tale Title
Cinderella
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
Louey Chisholm
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)
Katharine Cameron
Common Tale Type
Cinderella
Tale Classification
ATU 510A
Page Range of Tale
pp. 185-190
Full Citation of Tale
Chisholm, Louey. “Cinderella.” In Fairyland: Tales Told Again, illustrated by Katharine Cameron, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904, pp. 185-190.
Original Source of the Tale
Charles Perrault
Tale Notes
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.
Research and Curation
Anonymous ITAL 4600 student, 2020
Book Title
In Fairyland: Tales Told Again
Book Author/Editor(s)
Louey Chisholm
Illustrator(s)
Katharine Cameron
Publisher
T. C. & E. C. Jack and G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published
1904
Decade Published
1900-1909
Publisher City
London
New York
Publisher Country
United Kingdom
United States
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Digital Copy
Available at the CU Digital Library
Book Notes
This book contains a preface that introduces a framing narrative, however, the narrative is never addressed again throughout the book. Through the preface, in which a young girl named Sunflower speaks with her mother, we discover that the tales contained within this book are targeted towards children. Sunflower praises her mother’s story telling because she “leave[s] out all the not interesting bits you know and make me understand what the story is all about.”