Cinderella

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

Genres: Classics, Fantasy, Short Stories, Fairy Tales

58 pages, Paperback

Published September 26, 2008

About the author

German philologist and folklorist Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm in 1822 formulated Grimm's Law, the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859), he collected Germanic folk tales and published them as Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812-1815).

Indo-European stop consonants, represented in Germanic, underwent the regular changes that Grimm's Law describes; this law essentially states that Indo-European p shifted to Germanic f, t shifted to th, and k shifted to h. Indo-European b shifted to Germanic p, d shifted to t, and g shifted to k. Indo-European bh shifted to Germanic b, dh shifted to d, and gh shifted to g.

This jurist and mythologist also authored the monumental German Dictionary and his Deutsche Mythologie .

Adapted from Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Julian Dombey]

Now that I discovered the Classics Illustrated (Junior) series, my goal is to read as many vintage comics as I can. It seems like these Junior comics put their own spin on the fairy tales they adapt, which is always more refreshing than a regular straightforward retelling. I liked this one, it was sweet and funny.

[Suzanne]

Having read the Ladybird book as a child and loved the Disney versions, in both book & film, it was lovely to actually read the original story from which these adaptations arose ..

[Lisa Rathbun]

A great addition to any Cinderella collection, this version illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian has a hazel tree and a white dove in place of a fairy godmother. The stepsisters mutilate their feet in an attempt to fit the slipper and in the end are struck blind for their unkindness. The illustrations seem to be colored pencil and are soft and muted with a formal set up of words on one page, picture on the adjacent page.

[James]

Again, I am in shock and awe. I have grown up knowing the story and fairy tale, being told and retold over the years in some way shape or form. Yet, having read this as an adult, I see the similarities in cartoons and movies, but, sadly shocked on the ‘creative licence’ Hollywood has used on this classic.

Not wanting to ruin it for other readers, I am shocked for what has been taken for granted is a mere falsity when you read the original.

[Kathy Piselli]

Palest colors of all the Hogrogian books I've seen so far, lots of pink and gray. The stepsisters are "beautiful to look at but cold and cruel inside." You see the stepsisters in their gowns and in the next panel, Cinderella is washing those same gowns in a bucket. This version with the father bringing back a hazel twig which grows into the magical tree is sweet and sweetly illustrated with Easter lilies.

[Megan]

fave fairytale of all time

[Kayla]

I liked the Disney Cinderella were she left her sisters to do all their own house work not this one where she marries them up. Like girl they were mean to you.

[Sharlene Hakes]

I liked the illustrations.