Ella Enchanted

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Ella Enchanted
Book Cover
Author	Gail Carson Levine
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	HarperTrophy
Publication date	1997
Media type	Print (Hardcover, Paperback) and Audiobook
Pages	240 pp
ISBN	0-06-440705-5
OCLC	39641341
Followed by	Fairest

Ella Enchanted is a Newbery Honor^[1] book written by Gail Carson Levine and published in 1997. The story is a retelling of Cinderella featuring various mythical creatures including fairies, elves, ogres, gnomes, and giants. In 2006, Levine went on to write Fairest, a retelling of the story of Snow White, set in the same world as Ella Enchanted.

Critical reception

Common Sense Media, a family-based reviewing site, rated the book with four stars out of five, suggesting it for readers over 11 due to some minor, violent themes. With regard to the main character Ella, they state, "She is a strong and intelligent role model—instead of taking her misfortune sitting down, she marches off to rid herself of the troublesome curse."^[2]

Film

On April 9, 2004, an American movie loosely based on the novel was released. It was directed by Tommy O'Haver and starred Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy as Ella and Char, respectively. The film received mostly mixed reviews, and was heavily criticized for its changes to the source material. Levine stated that the film is "so different from the book that it's hard to compare them," noting the addition of new characters such as Sir Edgar and Heston, and suggested "regarding the movie as a separate creative act".^[3]

References

↑ Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present. Association for Library Service to Children. Accessed on June 29, 2010.
↑ "Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine - Book Review". commonsensemedia.com. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
↑ "Gail Carson Levine". Kidsreads.com. Retrieved 2008-11-11.

External links

Gail Carson Levine's official website

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Characters	Buttons Cinderella Ugly sisters Fairy godmother Wicked stepmother Prince Charming

Film	Cinderella (1899 French) Cinderella (1914 silent) The Cookie Carnival (1935) The Magic Shoes (1935) First Love (1939) Cinderella (1947 Russian) Sepia Cinderella (1947) The Glass Slipper (1955) Cinderfella (1960) More Than a Miracle (1967) Hey, Cinderella! (1968) Tři oříšky pro Popelku (1973 Czech-German) The Slipper and the Rose (1976) Cinderella (1979 Russian) Cinderella (1994) Ever After (1998) A Cinderella Story (2004) Ella Enchanted (2004) Cinderella (2006 Korean) Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale (2010) Rags (2012) Cinderella (2015)

Animation	Poor Cinderella (1934) Cinderella Meets Fella (1938) Swing Shift Cinderella (1945) Cinderella (1950) Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964) Cinderella (1979) The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981) The Magic Riddle (1991) Happily N'Ever After (2007) Year of the Fish (2008)

Sequels	Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) Another Cinderella Story (2008) A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)

Television	Cindy (1978) Cinderella Monogatari (1996) Cinderella (1997) CinderElmo (1999) Cinderella (2000) La Cenicienta (2003 Spanish) Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (2004 Indonesia-Malaysia-Hawaiian) Floricienta (2004) Floribella (2005 Brazil) Floribella (2006 Portugal) Grazilda (2010 Filipino-Tagalog-English) Aik Nayee Cinderella (2012 Pakistani)

Literary adaptations	Ash (2009) Bella at Midnight (2006) Celestina (1791) Chinese Cinderella (1999 English-Chinese-Bangla) Cinder (2012) Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1954) The Coachman Rat (1989) Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (1999) Ella Enchanted (1997) The Fairy Godmother (2004) I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers (1999) Just Ella (1999) Nine Coaches Waiting (1958) Phoenix and Ashes (2004) Princess of Glass (2010) Witches Abroad (1991)

Opera	Cendrillon (1810 Isouard) La Cenerentola (1817 Rossini) Cendrillon (1899 Massenet) Cendrillon (1904 Viardot) La Cenicienta (1966 Hen)

Ballet	Cinderella (1893 Fitinhof-Schell) Aschenbrödel (1900 Strauss-Bayer) Cinderella (1945 Prokofiev) Cinderella (1948 Ashton)

Musicals	Cinderella and the Prince, or The Castle of Heart's Desire (1904) Stubborn Cinderella (1909) Mr. Cinders (1929) Cinderella (1957) Cindy (1964) The Penny Friend (1966) The Slipper and the Rose (1984) Soho Cinders (2008) Cinderella (2013)

Plays	A Kiss for Cinderella (1916) Hobson's Choice (1916)

Comics	Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love Cinderalla

Songs	"Spread a Little Happiness" (1929) "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (1948) "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (1950) "Cinderella" (1987) "Hey Cinderella" (1993) "It's Midnight Cinderella" (1996) "Cinderella" (2001) "Cinderella" (2002) "Cinderella" (2003) "Stealing Cinderella" (2007) "Cinderella" (2007) "C\C (Cinderella\Complex)" (2008)

Albums	A Cinderella Story (2004 soundtrack) Disney's Princess Favorites (2002)

Sociology	Cinderella complex Cinderella effect The Cinderella Movement

Commercials	A Coach for Cinderella A Ride for Cinderella

Adult	Cinder Ellen up too Late Cinderella (1977) Naughty Cinderella

National variation	Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (Malay and Indonesian) Beauty and Pock Face (Chinese) Chūjō-hime (Japanese) Fair, Brown and Trembling (Irish) Finette Cendron (French) The Green Knight (Danish) Katie Woodencloak (Norwegian) Ochikubo Monogatari (Japanese) "Rhodopis" (Greek) Rushen Coatie (Scottish) The Sharp Grey Sheep (Scottish) The Story of Tam and Cam (Vietnamese) Sumiyoshi Monogatari (Japanese) The True Bride (German) The Wonderful Birch (Russian)

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