Cinderella may have been a fairy tale princess but it’s a myth that she lived happily ever after. That’s the contention of author Anne E. Beall, Ph.D. in her thoroughly-researched and ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on May 15, 2023. It has been updated. In modern American culture, one of the most popular fairy tales remains Cinderella. There are dozens of ...

Behind Snow White, the most adapted and re-interpreted fairy tale of all time has to be Charles Perrault’s “Cinderella.” Among the more successful attempts have been a popular Disney cartoon, three ...

In her latest book, “Cinderella Didn’t Live Happily Ever After: The Hidden Messages in Fairy Tales,” Evanston author Anne Beall used data-driven research to reveal patterns across 169 of Grimms’ fairy ...

From “Cinderella” to “The Three Little Pigs,” there are stories that are so deeply embedded in our literature and culture that we might not recall the first time we heard them. Certainly, though, ...

What if every fairy tale you heard as a child was just one part of the story? What if another version was more realistic and perhaps a bit more wild? Would you want to read it? Of course you would; we ...

“I’ve never been interested in ‘happily ever after,’” says Olga Grushin, whose new novel, “The Charmed Wife,” takes on the Cinderella myth. “I’m more interested in what happens after that.” Via Zoom ...