Cinderella - The Original Fairytale vs. Adaptations (with Marissa)

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Marissa and Jenessa explore the origins and adaptations of the Cinderella fairytale.

Marissa and Jenessa discuss the origins of the classic fairytale, Cinderella, as well as the many movie and book adaptations that have been made throughout the years. What version of Cinderella is your favorite? Content Warning - (via discussion of the Brothers Grimm fairytale) bodily harm, death, murder, abuse Send us Fan Mail Support the show All episodes can be played at readthebookfirst.buzzsprout.com Join our Patreon at patreon.com/ReadtheBookFirst Don't forget to subscribe, rate us 5 s...

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Host: Jenessa

Guest: Marissa

Topics covered

• fairytale origins
• Cinderella adaptations
• movie reviews
• book reviews
• classic literature

Keywords

• Cinderella
• fairytale
• adaptations
• Brothers Grimm
• movie reviews
• book reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Cinderella, Brothers Grimm

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