July
29
/ 2015
Before there was Cinderella, there was Ye Xian. Undeniably one of the most well-read fairy tales made popular by Disney’s 1950s film, Cinderella describes the life of a young woman forced into servitude by her stepmother until she is freed by her fairy godmother and a charming prince. Meet the Cinderellas: Ye Xian, Zezolla, and Cendrillon Considered to have been first dictated in the 17th century by Italian writer Giambattista Basile, and later streamlined in the 18th century by the renowned Frenchman Charles Perrault, the version of Cinderella that most have read is, in truth, a later telling of a much older story. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"12631","attributes":{"alt":"Illustration of Cinderella, A. Anderson","class":"media-image","height":"570","style":"width: 474px; height: 570px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"474"}}]] Illustration of Cinderella, A. Anderson ( Wikimedia Commons )
