Fairy Tales: Cinderella

This week's fairytale retelling was Cinderella.
Our heroine of the title had been renamed to Cindy Mellor and was working as a cleaner at a university.
Cindy had been reading a book by Hans M. Prince who was a lecturer visiting the university and took on the role of the prince. She falls for him as soon as she sees him and has grand ideas about his theories and how she believes she can prove them wrong. The two argue with each other but slowly begin to get along as they encounter more of each other.
H. M. Prince organises interviews at the university to find a student who would be suitable for his assistant on an expedition to Borneo and was then to announce his choice at a “ball”. H. Prince agrees to give Cindy an interview but the head of faculty, the “evil-stepmother” prevents her from attending. The two “ugly sisters” are two of the faculty head’s favourite students. They constantly pick fun at Cindy and enjoy seeing her fail. One of the “sisters” is a lot crueler than the other and the less cruel of the two also gets picked on by the faculty head.
The role of fairy godmother is taken up by fellow cleaner and provides Cindy with a dress to attend the lecture ball in. Cindy can’t get in to begin with as her name isn’t on the attendees list due to not having an interview but the “fairy godmother” finds a back way in for her.
During the lecture, Cindy begins to feel out of place and decides to leave. As H. Prince is giving his lecture he realises that Cindy was correct about his theories and chases out after her. He catches up with her and says that he was being paid by the head of faculty to take along one of her favourite two but wants her to become his assistant instead and the two head off together.
The university head learns of the faculty head’s bribery and fires her on the spot. He then offers her position to the “sister” who had been least cruel to Cindy.

I find it interesting how one of the “sisters” was quite shy and also gets rewarded in this version.