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Here's a sampling of his translated work:
Cinderella (or The Little Glass Slipper)
Once upon a time there was a gentleman who married,
for his second wife, the proudest and most haughty woman that ever was
seen. She had two daughters of her own, who were, indeed, exactly like
her in all things. The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare
goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who
was the best creature in the world.
The wedding was scarcely over, when the
stepmother's bad temper began to show itself. She could not bear the
goodness of this young girl, because it made her own daughters appear
the more odious. The stepmother gave her the meanest work in the house
to do; she had to scour the dishes, tables, etc., and to scrub the
floors and clean out the bedrooms. The poor girl had to sleep in the
garret, upon a wretched straw bed, while her sisters lay in fine rooms
with inlaid floors, upon beds of the very newest fashion, and where they
had looking-glasses so large that they might see themselves at their
full length. The poor girl bore all patiently, and dared not complain to
her father, who would have scolded her if she had done so, for his wife
governed him entirely.
When she had done her work, she used to
go into the chimney corner, and sit down among the cinders, hence she
was called Cinderwench. The younger sister of the two, who was not so
rude and uncivil as the elder, called her Cinderella. However,
Cinderella, in spite of her mean apparel, was a hundred times more
handsome than her sisters, though they were always richly dressed. Read more!
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