![]() ![]() ![]() Unless, of course, you're Czech, Slovak, German or Norwegian, in which case you're probably thinking of the 1973 Czech/German ''Three Wishes for Cinderella'', notably lacking in pumpkins, glass footwear, and godmothers of any extraction, instead featuring hazelnuts. In 1950, Disney's Cinderella adapted Perrault's story into a movie, cementing it in people's minds as the story of Cinderella. If, on hearing the name Cinderella, you think of fairy godmothers, glass slippers, and a pumpkin turned into a coach, you're thinking of Perrault. The quintessential Rags to Royalty story, the best known versions in the western world are based on the one written by Charles Perrault in the 17th century (full text here ). The oldest known version is the ancient Greek tale of Rhodopis, a hetaira or courtesan who, according to a legend first recorded in the 1st century B.C., married the Pharaoh of Egypt. Cinderella is one of the oldest, best known, and most universal stories in the world. ![]()
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