The Little Glass Slipper

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The Little Glass Slipper is a classic European fairy tale about a mistreated young woman whose magical transformation and iconic glass slipper lead her to marry a prince.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fairy tale
literary work
author Charles Perrault NERFINISHED
centralMotif lost shoe
magical transformation
rags to riches
centralObject glass slipper
classifiedIn Aarne–Thompson–Uther type 510A NERFINISHED
containsCharacterType fairy godmother
prince
princess-to-be
wicked stepmother
countryOfOrigin France
culturalOrigin European folklore
firstPublishedIn Histoires ou contes du temps passé NERFINISHED
firstPublishedYear 1697
genre fairy tale
folk tale
wonder tale
hasAdaptation Cinderella (1950 Disney animated film) NERFINISHED
numerous ballet adaptations
numerous film adaptations
numerous stage adaptations
hasAlternativeTitle Cendrillon NERFINISHED
Cinderella NERFINISHED
hasTitle The Little Glass Slipper NERFINISHED
influenced later Cinderella variants in European folklore
keyEvent Cinderella attends the royal ball with the help of a fairy godmother.
Cinderella loses one of her glass slippers on the palace stairs.
Cinderella marries the prince after the slipper fits her foot.
Cinderella must leave the ball at midnight when the magic ends.
The prince searches the kingdom for the woman whose foot fits the glass slipper. NERFINISHED
language French
mainCharacter Cinderella NERFINISHED
the fairy godmother
the prince
the two stepsisters
the wicked stepmother
moral Cruelty and vanity are punished.
Kindness and patience are ultimately rewarded.
plotSummary A mistreated young woman is magically transformed to attend a royal ball, loses a glass slipper, and is later identified by the prince through the slipper, leading to their marriage.
relatedWork Aschenputtel NERFINISHED
Cenerentola NERFINISHED
Ye Xian NERFINISHED
setting a royal kingdom
theme envy and cruelty
magic as aid to the oppressed
reward for virtue
social mobility

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Cinderella (fairy tale) hasVariant The Little Glass Slipper
Cinderella (fairy tale) firstWellKnownLiteraryVersionTitle The Little Glass Slipper
this entity surface form: Cendrillon, ou la petite pantoufle de verre
Tales of Mother Goose hasPart The Little Glass Slipper