who wrote stories like snow white, cinderella, rapunzel, etc originally?
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The reason why you have never read a story about an ugly girl with a kind heart is because the quality of having a kind heart makes beauty itself.
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Hmm, I've written short stories about both. Fairies are more fun for children's stories, but angel stories are interesting even to adults :)
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Here are some of the great classics:\n\n- The following books by Anne Rice.\nPseudonym Anne Rampling: Exit to Eden, Belinda\nPseudonym A. N. Roquelaure: The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Beauty's Punishment, Beauty's Release\n\n- Pauline Réage: History of O, Return to Roissy\n\nI recommend Exit to Eden.
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Both are fiction.  That's like asking me if Snow White is more believeable than Cinderella.
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This is an answer I gave recently to someone asking about Little Red Riding Hood being adult themed:\n\n"Faeries are creatures who are neither malevolent or benevolent, but simply do things as their whim takes them. This is why tales such as those spun by the Brothers Grimm were given the name "Faerie Tales", because they have the properties of faeries in them.\n\nChildren were told faerie tales (not the glossed up Disney ones) to teach them what becomes of having a whimsical nature and not following certain rules of behaviour. Life conditions were harsh back then and the mortality rate was high, especially for children. Much depended on children contributing to their families in the way of chores and earning a livelihood, as well.\n\nThe unedited versions of faerie tales which were told back when they were first introduced might seem "adult" by today's standards, or seem to have "adult" themes, but they were simply par for the course back then, nothing adult about them. Just a way of teaching life lessons which needed to be learned."\n\nDisney is good at corrupting the nature and intention of faerie tales, trying to give them a "happily ever after" theme that was never intended. The ones by the Bothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were familiar tales told and so were most often redone by Disney. In the original Italian tale of Pinocchio (Le Avventure di Pinocchio) it has Pinocchio killing the cricket given him to act as his conscience, smashing it thoroughly underfoot. As he had neither a soul or a conscience, Pinocchio was by definition a monster and acted accordingly. In the original unrevised version he was killed for his crimes against others.\n\nLong before faerie tales were called faerie tales, from what I've been able to gather throughout the years researching, the tales came about to speak of the "Book of Pacts". The Book of Pacts is an object referred to in many very ancient cultures throughout the world, and although these cultures were separated by distance they tell similar tales of its origin. Pieced together and shortened, here is how it basically goes:\n\nOnce there existed several groups of different beings who were ever at odds with each other for various reasons, and so they battled constantly. Much time passed without any group becoming victor over another. All of them slowly came to realize that, as things existed, no one group could ever gain enough power to claim superiority over the others, and left as they were the fighting would continue endlessly. And so they all eventually came to an agreement for a solution: All of existence must be changed to allow for the possibility that not only one group could gain the power to reign over the others, but also that one individual in a group might gain this power. The details of how reality would change and how each group would be changed in it (their forms, abilities and limitations) were worked out and placed in a Book of Pacts (agreements). The Book was then hidden in a place agreed by all, and reality shifted.\n\nThe different groups became such as faeries, dragons, leprechauns, jinn, daemons, vampyres, were-beings, etc., and even some humans. The Book changed as well, as did the place it was hidden. One of the ways it is said that the necessary power might be obtained is for a being to take possession of the Book in whatever form it is now in. \n\nIt is my opinion that faerie tales started taking on their "nicey-nice" flavour in the telling at the beginning of the 20th century. As life came to be less harsh and jobs gave sway to industry, the old lessons to be had from tales of faerie seemed less important. Children were having more of a childhood, it being extended longer and more full of playtime. Parents wished their children to enjoy this new lease on childhood time and wanted objects in their lives that helped make this possible. So the faerie tale began a reinvention to
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That is the original Little Mermaid. The original story was written by Hans Christian Anderson. I prefer the original to the Disney version.
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Dr Seuss did a book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches
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If you're talking about William Wordsworth Longfellow, he's basically famous for being one of the greatest English poets of all times. His poems have been published in books, if that helps. Actually, I have a rather entertaining website to send you to that has information written about WWL in an amusing manner you might appreciate. Give it a try.
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if you can find 7 dwarfs a wicked witch .then go to sleep for a hundred years and be woken by prince charming.er I dont think so .Try Cinderella maybe.
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Muze Annotations\nThe beloved author of such classic children's books as "Henry Huggins" and "Dear Mr. Henshaw" tells of her early life in Oregon, first on the family farm in Yamhill, and later in Portland during the Depression. Readers will learn about the childhood of the creator of Ramona, and find parts of her life that made their way into her books.\n\n\nPublisher's Notes\nGenerations of children have grown up with Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and all of their friends, families, and assorted pets. For everyone who has enjoyed the pranks and schemes, embarrassing moments, and all of the other poignant and colorful images of childhood brought to life in Beverly Cleary books, here is the fascinating true story of the remarkable woman who created them.\n\n\nSynopses\nFollows the popular children's author from her childhood years in Oregon through high school and into young adulthood, highlighting her family life and her growing interest in writing.
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I found this:\n\nThe castle was built for the Buiel family in the second half of the 15th century. This was a family that had distinguished itself in The Hundred Years War and now was seeking a home befitting there new rank in society. The family did not stay long however for Antoine De Buiel, the husband of Louis VII’s daughter, sold the castle in 1485 to Charles Espinay who set about making many improvements and is known for having the famous chapel built on the grounds. The Espinays served as chamberlains to many of the royalty and kings of their time. This castle has changed hands many times. \n\nCompared to the other castles of the Loire Valley, the Usse has a very tranquil history. It was built on the foundation of an 11th century fortress. Because of its combination of beauty and fortress like appearance, it is believed that Perrault wrote his famous story, “Sleeping Beauty,” based on Usse. Of the structure Perrault wrote, “Chateau de la Belle au bois dormant.” This is one of eleven fairytales he wrote in a collection called, “Les Contes de ma mere l’Oye.” \n\nThe castle played another part in history when it stood as a model for the design of Disney’s famous Cinderella’s Castle in Disney World. Designers used this and other castles of the Loire Valley. Looking at a picture of the two, it is easy to see the similarities between the them.
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go to the project gutenberg site or search for cinderella in the google site
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This is the format:\n\nBook Citation\nBarreca, Regina. They used to call me Snow White…but I drifted: women's strategic use of humor. New York: Viking, 1991.
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the ginger bread man in "Shrek"\nDopey in "Snow White"\nFlower in "Bambi"\nDory in "Finding Nemo"\nand\nGuss Guss(the mouse) in "Cinderella"
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You spend to much time on fairy tales.
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Try sparknotes:\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/lit/sevengables/
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Try www.imdb.com...search for Cinderella.