![]() ![]() Jessica Day George also supplies the story with some light historical context. So the book’s retelling of the story makes a whole lot more people sympathetic. The king does seek the help of other princes, but they are killed by the underworld king’s magic, not by the king himself. Due to the underworld magic, they are unable to speak of their curse to anyone. In Jessica Day George’s book, the princesses are cursed by a pact their mother made, to dance every evening at the ball of an underworld king. A soldier eventually succeeds in solving the mystery and marries the eldest princess. The princesses in the fairy tale appear to like dancing at this mysterious ball, and don’t want their fun being spoiled by any of the princes. If they don’t, they are killed by the king. So, the king issues an open call for princes to figure it out in three days, the reward being the throne by marriage to the princess. Soon after I started reading this book, I stopped a moment and read “The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces.” In the fairy tale, the princesses wear out their shoes every night and it’s a mystery how they do this. ![]() Actually, my copy of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales calls it “The Shoes That Were Danced To Pieces.” ![]() This young adult novel is a retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairy tale. ![]()
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