In her latest dark and propulsive fantasy novel , Hugo-, Nebula- and Lotus-award winning writer T. Kingfisher explores questions of coercive control by reimagining the Grimm fairy tale . Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * In her latest dark and propulsive fantasy novel , Hugo-, Nebula- and Lotus-award winning writer T.
Kingfisher explores questions of coercive control by reimagining the Grimm fairy tale . Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? In her latest dark and propulsive fantasy novel , Hugo-, Nebula- and Lotus-award winning writer T. Kingfisher explores questions of coercive control by reimagining the Grimm fairy tale .
The original fairy tale plays on the trope of the false bride: On her way to be married, a princess is betrayed by her servant and is forced to change places with her. When they arrive to her betrothed’s kingdom, the false princess forces her to become a goose girl, and thereby keeps her away from the palace. As further insurance that the true princess remains undiscovered, the servant has her talking horse, Falada, killed.
In Kingfisher’s revision, the trope of the false bride appears to drive the action; the titular sorceress, Lady Evangeline, conceals her nature to convince a squire, Samuel Chatham, to marry her. So too Kingfisher shifts the meaning of the figure of the goose girl; far from being powerless and irrelevant, she acquires a valence of potency when sh.