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Yet scholars have often pooh poohed the glass slipper as an accident of language. It's a well-known fact that the Cinderella that we know is based on the Charles Perrault fable that was penned in 1697. In Perrault's tale, Cinderella's slipper is made of fur (vair), which was later mis-translated to glass (verre) in the English versions.

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