# Favorite Fairy Tale Re-Telling **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441 "2008-04-08T12:36:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/21 "2008-04-09T03:15:57Z")
_Snow White: A Tale of Terror._ Sigourney Weaver makes a great Wicked Witch. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/22 "2008-04-09T03:50:02Z")
[Santa Steps Out](http://www.fright.com/papercuts/santastepsout.html) [sub]sorry, very sorry…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/23 "2008-04-09T04:07:19Z")
Oooh, I just remembered - Roald Dahl wrote [some poems about fairytales](http://www.amazon.com/Roald-Dahls-Revolting-Rhymes-Dahl/dp/0140375333), in his delightfully twisted way. ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/24 "2008-04-09T04:24:49Z")
Wow, this is the first time I’ve found other people who even knew _Enchantment_, let alone liked it too! Gregory Maguire has made a name for himself doing this. The book _Ella Enchanted_ (not the horrible horrible movie) seemed good when I was 10 or 12, not sure how it holds up now. In Terry Pratchett’s _Hogfather_ Susan (death’s granddaughter) finishes up a version of Jack and the beanstalk I loved and wanted to hear more of. > [@](#): > > …and then Jack chopped down the beanstalk, adding murder and ecological vandalism to the theft, enticement and trespass charges already mentioned, but he got away with it and lived happily ever after without so much as a guilty twinge about what he had done. Which proves that you can be excused just about anything if you’re a hero, because no one asks inconvenient questions. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/25 "2008-04-09T09:31:59Z")
For comic fans: P. Craig Russell did some _amazing_ versions of Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales. “The Selfish Giant” is extra charming, and I _hate_ Jeebus stories. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/26 "2008-04-09T10:58:16Z")
I’ll add my voice to those who enjoyed Hoodwinked. I thought it got a bum rap. I think I even reviewed it here and said it was full of humor that Dopers would like. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/27 "2008-04-09T11:12:20Z")
Alan Moore’s [Lost Girls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Girls) is… distinctive and entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/28 "2008-04-09T11:26:31Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] I love Angela Carter’s retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, and Cinderella. She was fucking brilliant. [/QUOTE] She definitely fucking was. And her collection of fairy tales is called **The Bloody Chamber** , I believe, which includes the short story \*\*Company of Wolves \*\* which others have mentioned, though the story is little like the film. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/29 "2008-04-09T11:43:48Z")
McKinley’s _Beauty_ is a favorite of mine. I’m generally fond of fairy tale remakes, so I’ve read a lot of these mentioned and enjoyed most of them. That said, my all-time favorite is an old one – Eleanor Farjeon’s _The Glass Slipper_. Read it many times in childhood; and several times more once I grew up. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/30 "2008-04-09T17:33:10Z")
[QUOTE=Jess] McKinley’s _Beauty_ is a favorite of mine. I’m generally fond of fairy tale remakes, so I’ve read a lot of these mentioned and enjoyed most of them. That said, my all-time favorite is an old one – Eleanor Farjeon’s _The Glass Slipper_. Read it many times in childhood; and several times more once I grew up. [/QUOTE] I was going to say “These two are my absolute favorite. Are you me? :D” Until I realized the McKinley I love is actually “Spindle’s End.” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/31 "2008-04-09T17:45:42Z")
[QUOTE=freekalette] Whaaaaaat??! The incomparable Mr. Gaiman retold fairy tales? Why was I not informed of this? _signs off to raid the comic shop_ [/QUOTE] I take it by now you’ve figured out, but it is a short story, not a comic. It’s in the collection _Smoke and Mirrors_. Check out _Fragile Things_, too - features a nice retelling of Beowulf (ground Gaiman’s trodden at least thrice) ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/32 "2008-04-09T18:58:12Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] I take it by now you’ve figured out, but it is a short story, not a comic. It’s in the collection _Smoke and Mirrors_. Check out _Fragile Things_, too - features a nice retelling of Beowulf (ground Gaiman’s trodden at least thrice) [/QUOTE] Actually, before I found _Smoke and Mirrors_, I came across a stand-alone version of the book. Amazon had one used copy for ninety dollars! _jaw hits the floor_ It’s my intent to eventually get everything Gaiman has written, as he’s my favoite comics author. Thanks for the reccommendations! ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/33 "2008-04-09T20:57:58Z")
**TroubleAgain** , I guess we must just be slightly twisted twins, huh? I quite like _Spindle’s End_, though, and most of the rest of McKinley’s stuff I’ve read. But _Beauty_ is my favorite for old times sake. Have you read any of Farjeon’s other stuff? I love _The Little Bookroom_ (short stories including some fairy tales, but no retold ones), but have never been able to track down a copy of _The Silver Curlew_ (a retelling of Rumplestiltskin. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/34 "2008-04-09T21:11:24Z")
Terry Pratchett’s _Witches Abroad_ retells several, primarily Cinderella and The Frog Prince, but with brief stops at Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, and The Wizard of Oz, among others, along the way. I’d love to go to Genua for Fat Lunchtime. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/35 "2008-04-09T21:21:03Z")
Thanks for all the interesting responses. I loved the movie “Ever After”. Best movie Cinderella, I think. For the Neil Gaiman fans - he has a wonderful poem called “Instructions”, ;which is included in his collection “M is for Magic”. The poem is sort of all about fairy tales. Here’s a link: > **[أفضل ممارسة الجنس فقط XXXAhlam.com 🌶️🌶️🌶️](https://xxxahlam.com/)** > > فلام سكس XXNX جنس ومواثع سكس عربيه مع افضل جنس مجاني. تمتعوا بفيلم جنس xxx مجاني مكتبة فيديو جنس رائعه جنس بنات وسكس ساخن ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/36 "2008-04-09T21:53:08Z")
If I can include a miniseries 10th Kingdom mushed together a bunch of fairy tale plots in a kind of interesting way. And the musical Into the Woods would also be a good thing to check out, there’s even a proshot DVD available. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/37 "2008-04-09T22:11:26Z")
Kissing the Witch is a YA collection of retold fairy tales, told in interesting new ways. Does anyone know any good ones for the Little Mermaid? It’s my favorite. (I’m not counting the Disney one…I prefer to pretend it doesn’t exist.) ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/38 "2008-04-09T22:48:55Z")
I am currently reading _The Serpent’s Shadow_ and loving it. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/39 "2008-04-10T13:56:59Z")
I know it’s bad form to bump one’s own thread, but I can’t believe I forgot to recommend Jane Yolen’s “Briar Rose”. Sleeping Beauty retold during the Holocaust sounds stupid, but it’s not; it is beautiful and powerfu. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441/40 "2008-04-10T14:12:53Z")
[QUOTE=Jess] **TroubleAgain** , I guess we must just be slightly twisted twins, huh? I quite like _Spindle’s End_, though, and most of the rest of McKinley’s stuff I’ve read. But _Beauty_ is my favorite for old times sake. Have you read any of Farjeon’s other stuff? I love _The Little Bookroom_ (short stories including some fairy tales, but no retold ones), but have never been able to track down a copy of _The Silver Curlew_ (a retelling of Rumplestiltskin. [/QUOTE] I’ve never been able to lay hands on other Farjeon stuff, though I’d like to. And I haven’t ready Beauty, so maybe it’ll be my favorite, when I manage to read it. 😃 Twisted twins indeed. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fairy-tale-re-telling/444441.md?page=3)