Snow, Glass, Apples

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"Snow, Glass, Apples" is a dark, feminist retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by Neil Gaiman, originally published as a short story.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dark fantasy work
fairy tale retelling
feminist literature
short story
adaptation Snow, Glass, Apples (audio drama) NERFINISHED
Snow, Glass, Apples (comic adaptation) NERFINISHED
author Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED
basedOn Snow White NERFINISHED
centralCharacter Snow White NERFINISHED
the Queen NERFINISHED
containsElement graphic violence
necrophilia
vampirism
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
editorOfFirstAnthology Ellen Datlow NERFINISHED
Terri Windling NERFINISHED
firstPublicationType anthology
firstPublishedIn Snow White, Blood Red NERFINISHED
genre dark fantasy
fairy tale retelling
horror
illustratorOfComicAdaptation Colleen Doran NERFINISHED
language English
literaryStyle revisionist fairy tale
motif apples
glass
mirror
narrativePerspective first-person
narratorCharacter the Queen NERFINISHED
originalPublicationForm short story
publicationDecade 1990s
publisherOfComicAdaptation Dark Horse Comics NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByAuthor American Gods NERFINISHED
Coraline NERFINISHED
The Sandman NERFINISHED
setting a fantastical medieval kingdom
targetAudience adult readers
theme feminist reinterpretation of fairy tales
sexuality
subversion of traditional villain-hero roles
unreliable narration
violence
tone dark
gothic

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Smoke and Mirrors containsWork Snow, Glass, Apples
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