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The article focuses on Bozžna N&#283mcova's adaptation of Czech Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy's fairy tale "Finette-Cendron." Topics discussed include information on the work collecting tales of Němcova, similarity between Němcova and d'Aulnoy, and significance of Němcova's "Cinderella."

An introduction to the three issues of the journal is presented which includes articles on topics including import of contemporary storytelling and scholarship, and cultural appropriations of different tales and traditions.

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The article examines how Riyoko Ikeda's "Rose of Versailles" and Jacque Demy's "Lady Oscar" transformation of the traditional maiden warrior tale affect constructions of gender and class. According to the article, the empowered maiden warrior in Ikeda's and Demy's works occurred because the traditional context of patriarchal monarchy in which she evolved resulted in class prejudices. Thus, gender is permanently destabilized with no fixed position the heroine can return at the end of the tales.

Jacques Barchilon, the founding editor of Marvels & Tales, speaks with Anne E. Duggan about his work as a fairy-tale scholar as well as his experience in World War II. Barchilon's career takes us from the early stages of the field, when little research had been carried out on the important conteurs and conteuses of seventeenth- and eighteenth century France, to the foundation of Merveilles & contes/Marvels & Tales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]