Ashputtle (1994) [Short Story]
by Peter Straub
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Summary
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A glimpse into the unhappy childhood of a gargantuan schoolteacher and her twisted obsessions. Draws much of its imagery and symbolism from "Cinderella", but does not follow the part of the plot involving the prince.
Original title: Ashputtle
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Genre: Fairy Tales & Folklore→ Reinterpretations
Fiction→ General Fiction→ Troubled Lives
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Black Thorn, White Rose (1994) [Anthology]
Authors: Roger Zelazny
, Peter Straub
, Nancy Kress
, Daniel Quinn
, Howard Waldrop
, Jane Yolen
, Storm Constantine
, Lawrence Schimel
, Patricia C. Wrede
, Midori Snyder
, Susan Wade
, Michael Cadnum
, Michael Kandel
, Ann Downer
, M.E. Beckett
, Isabel Cole
, Tim Wynne-Jones
, Ellen Steiber
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