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I should reply, _Read Undine: that is a fairytale; then read this and that as well, and you will see what is a fairytale_.

A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare George MacDonald 1864

I think you only have to look at the plethora of successful texts on the market which base themselves around fairytales – not just books, but movies like Sydney White and Ever After also – and you can see that basing a story around a fairytale is a great formula, and one that the audience loves.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » From the Mailbox: Fairytale as a basis for fantasy 2009

Her husband froze a few minutes later as he watched her tower crumble on TV, ending what he called a fairytale marriage in an American dream.

The Seattle Times 2011

Her husband froze a few minutes later as he watched her tower crumble on TV, ending what he called a fairytale marriage in an American dream.

Breaking News: CBS News 2011

Clearly you're right - the popular understanding of fairytale is something with a "happily ever after".

Pony Positive Day Two rabid1st 2009

While that's historically true, the definition of "fairytale ending" has irrevocably changed because of Disney since fairytale is no longer synonymous with "cautionary tale."

Pony Positive Day Two rabid1st 2009

Located in the Vendée, it is the definition of fairytale, with "floating" towers on the corners of the chateau and flamboyant interiors featuring unicorn taxidermy and chandeliers.

Nouveau riches: what's new in France 2011

Going from light to dark and all shades in between, managing all emotions from love to hatred, joy to sorrow, dread to excitement, fairytale is humble yet powerful, full of meaning yet full of adventure.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » From the Mailbox: Fairytale as a basis for fantasy 2009

My best friend with Joan of Arc hair and violet eyes was summoned to bed by the man I wanted as we were sitting at the foot of the stairs, talking of immortality and oranges and a certain fairytale fox.

A Scattering of Rivals Beate Sigriddaughter 2010

First out of the gate is “Goosegirl” by Margaret Ronald, which offers up a new look at the German fairytale from the Brothers Grimm.

Not #40, alas pabba 2008

Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, known as Madame or Countess d’Aulnoy, invented the term “conte de fée” or fairytale, when she published her major collection of them in 1697-98.

Pioneering fairytale author Madame d'Aulnoy back in print after centuries Alison Flood 2021

A story by Madame d’Aulnoy, the 17th-century French writer who coined the term “fairytales”, is to be published in English for the first time in more than 300 years, telling of a woman whose beauty is so great it slays her lovers by the hundreds.

Pioneering fairytale author Madame d'Aulnoy back in print after centuries Alison Flood 2021