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The Goose Girl: A Classical Kingdoms Collection Short Retelling
An Excerpt from the "Once Upon A Happy Ending: An Anthology of Fairy Tales Reimagined".
In this novelette retelling of The Goose Girl, Princess Evony has not only been forced into servitude, but she’s also been cursed to silence about her stolen identity. Can she prove to the fiance she’s never met that she’s his lost love… or will he be lost to her forever?
This is Brittany Fichter's short story addition of nearly 10,890 words to the fairy tale anthology "Once Upon A Happy Ending" published by Casey Lane featuring 13 stories from 14 different authors. [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...]
In this novelette retelling of The Goose Girl, Princess Evony has not only been forced into servitude, but she’s also been cursed to silence about her stolen identity. Can she prove to the fiance she’s never met that she’s his lost love… or will he be lost to her forever?
This is Brittany Fichter's short story addition of nearly 10,890 words to the fairy tale anthology "Once Upon A Happy Ending" published by Casey Lane featuring 13 stories from 14 different authors. [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...]
29 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2016
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Brittany Fichter
72 books603 followersBrittany lives with her Prince Charming, their little fairy, and their tiny prince in a decently clean castle in whatever kingdom the Air Force has most recently placed them. When she's not writing, Brittany can be found chasing her kids around with a DSLR or belting it in the church choir. You can find more of her work at her website BrittanyFichterFiction.com.
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August 15, 2023
This was so cute and sweet while also containing just enough danger and nail biting tension to make me worry for the characters even though I knew they’d (probably) be all right and happy in the end.
Evony is so brave and I love her stubborn determination to not let her betrayer win, and Maxence is so perceptive and kind while the villains I just wanted to kick into the nearest muck pile. I love how Evony and Maxence communicated by letters in the finest show of a political marriage turned to love I’ve ever read and how they actually played a role in the very end to save them.
I wish it was longer, but I love this short story regardless of length and will happily read it again.
‼️Content‼️
Language: hell
Violence: a girl falls in a pond; a guard knocks a girl down and holds a pike to her stomach; a girl is almost kidnapped and forced to marry a man against her will; a girl slaps a guy
Other: magic; a character is cursed to not be able to speak of certain things
Evony is so brave and I love her stubborn determination to not let her betrayer win, and Maxence is so perceptive and kind while the villains I just wanted to kick into the nearest muck pile. I love how Evony and Maxence communicated by letters in the finest show of a political marriage turned to love I’ve ever read and how they actually played a role in the very end to save them.
I wish it was longer, but I love this short story regardless of length and will happily read it again.
‼️Content‼️
Language: hell
Violence: a girl falls in a pond; a guard knocks a girl down and holds a pike to her stomach; a girl is almost kidnapped and forced to marry a man against her will; a girl slaps a guy
Other: magic; a character is cursed to not be able to speak of certain things
September 22, 2020
Short, sweet and intriguing from the first page.
A little bit dark with a sliver of hope.
A powerful and ruthless villain, outwitted by the doomed heroine to regain her happy ending (or beginning, if you think about it), with a bit of divine help and a perceptive and kind prince.
I loved it when I first read it, years ago. I loved it more when I re-read it last night.
As ever, I am awed again and again at the intricately woven fantasy realms, carefully conceived nuanced characters and beautifully crafted introspective tales by this author who shines with each written word she puts after much consideration and hard work into every work of hers that I have read. Despite having many, many, many other to-reads by other writers, after reading this amazing short story, I look forward to the ones by her I have not had the pleasure of devouring yet.
I will recommend this tale of sorcery, mayhem, friendship, betrayal and romance to all who love a good fairytale retelling that first saddens, then gradually warms and in the end, soothes the heart.
A little bit dark with a sliver of hope.
A powerful and ruthless villain, outwitted by the doomed heroine to regain her happy ending (or beginning, if you think about it), with a bit of divine help and a perceptive and kind prince.
I loved it when I first read it, years ago. I loved it more when I re-read it last night.
As ever, I am awed again and again at the intricately woven fantasy realms, carefully conceived nuanced characters and beautifully crafted introspective tales by this author who shines with each written word she puts after much consideration and hard work into every work of hers that I have read. Despite having many, many, many other to-reads by other writers, after reading this amazing short story, I look forward to the ones by her I have not had the pleasure of devouring yet.
I will recommend this tale of sorcery, mayhem, friendship, betrayal and romance to all who love a good fairytale retelling that first saddens, then gradually warms and in the end, soothes the heart.
July 4, 2025
This short retelling of the classic Grimm fairytale sticks to most of the main plot elements while gentling the tale to something a little less gory and gruesome. The main focus is on the emotions of the betrayed princess who is forced to work as a goose girl and is unable to reveal her plight to the prince she was supposed to marry, and I liked how the author worked in the reveal of the serving woman's betrayal and how the women were switched, which remains true to the ethos of the original tale while being brought about in an entirely different way.
This is a sweet story and certainly one worth looking at for the reworking of a lesser-known tale.
This is a sweet story and certainly one worth looking at for the reworking of a lesser-known tale.
September 15, 2025
Nice! This version of "The Goose Girl" tells the tale from the point of view of the dispossessed princess and does a good job of expounding in the predicament, portraying the villains and presenting the romantic feelings. Not bad at all!
June 14, 2021
Sweet little story, my first "taste" of Brittany's writing style. I look forward to reading her full length books!
January 31, 2022
Cute.
June 2, 2025
I listened to the audiobook version of this. It was fun and the characters were engaging. I liked how he figured out who was who. very clever.
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