Cinderella Variations

I really enjoyed reading Cinderella go from a fairy tale, to a story, to a novel, and to finally a movie. In the expanding of the story, it really gave all of the Cinderella characters dept. All of the versions changed somewhat. My favorite was the novel Ella Enchanted. I loved the plot and the curse. I could not put that book down. In Ever After there was no magic just like in the Ritchie tale. It was unique that they managed to take the magic out of the tale, but without taking the true magic out. All of the versions were set in a non-real reality, but Ever After was based on realism.