Cinderella and Other Stories

<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved essential classics.</p><p>'She promised her godmother that she would not fail to leave the ball before midnight and away she went beside herself with delight...'</p><p>Charles Perrault's time-honoured stories have been passed down from the seventeenth century to the present day giving us the classic fairy tales that people of all ages know and adore: Cinderella with the glass slipper that will fit her foot alone; the princess who is cursed to sleep for a hundred years until true love's kiss wakes her; Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf and many many more.</p><p>Like the Brothers Grimm after him Perrault took childhood fears and turned them into inspiriting fantasies. Full of humanity and a surprising wit the impact these fables has had on imaginations young and old cannot be overstated.</p>