Cat Cinderella by Giambattisa Basile (1634) aka Cinderella.
Fun fact, her name is Zezolla.
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Cat Cinderella by Giambattisa Basile (1634) aka Cinderella.
Fun fact, her name is Zezolla.
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Seriously, can someone explain to me why Basile’s “Cat Cinderella” is called “Cat Cinderella” when it features exactly zero cats or mentions of cats?
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Ruth B. Bottigheimer, Research Professor in the Department of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York, tells the very first version of Cinderella, 'Cat Cinderella' by Giambattista Basile.