Love and hate, beauty and ugliness, cruelty andĬharity-each idea is stripped of its ethical trappings, smashed upĪgainst its opposite number, and laid bare for our examination. We all have heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to. “Gregory Maguire’s chilling, wonderful retelling of Cinderella isĪ study in contrasts. A complete list of all Gregory Maguires books & series in order (37 books). Narrated with spirit and warmth by Jenny Sterlin, Gregory Maguire’s vision of Cinderella is a sweeping story of love and deception, where a ball, a handsome prince, and the betrayal of a daughter can lead to everyone living happily ever after. When the merchant’s wife dies, Margarethe seizes the moment, and a wicked stepmother is born. Margarethe is hired as the housekeeper and Iris as a companion to the merchant’s stunningly beautiful but troubled daughter. Arriving destitute, the family becomes employed in the home of a wealthy tulip merchant. Forced to flee England with her recently widowed mother, Margarethe, and her older sister, she finds herself swept into a life that becomes a legend. Iris is a plain but intelligent young girl. Gregory Maguire, critically acclaimed author of Wicked, returns with his eagerly anticipated second novel. Using a dazzling reincarnation of the Cinderella story set in seventeenth century Holland, Maguire deftly weaves together stories of inner and outer beauty. A retelling of the classic fairy tale of Cinderella, told from the point of view of one of the ugly stepsisters, turns the entire legend around in a.
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