Quotes from the book «Золушка. Спящая красавица. Рапунцель / Cinderella. The Sleeping Beauty. Rapunzel»

Once upon a time, there lived a gentleman[1], who after his beautiful and kind wife died, married the proudest and meanest woman in all the land[2]. She had two daughters from a previous marriage who were just as nasty and haughty as their mother. The gentleman also had a young daughter by another wife[3] named Cinderella, who was one of the sweetest girls in the kingdom. Cinderella’s stepmother was extremely jealous of her beauty and charm and made her do[4] the hardest and most dreadful work in the house. Cinderella did the dishes[5], scrubbed the floor and made the beds[6] while her