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About Robert Boucheron

Robert Boucheron grew up in Syracuse and Schenectady, New York. He worked as an architect in New York City and Charlottesville, Virginia. His short stories and essays appear in Fiction International, Litro, New Haven Review, Poydras Review, Short Fiction, and other magazines.

The Glass Slipper: Deconstructing Cinderella’s Magical Accessory

Robert Boucheron

The Glass Slipper: Deconstructing Cinderella's Magical Accessory

In the tale by Charles Perrault published in Paris in 1697, Cinderella watches her two stepsisters depart for the ball, then bursts into tears. Her godmother, who happens to be a fairy, says, “You wish you could go to the ball, n’est-ce pas?” Together, they a change a pumpkin into a coach, six mice into horses, a rat into a coachman, and six lizards into footmen. At the touch … [Read more...]

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