A misunderstood young servant nicknamed Cinderella due to her anti-social reputation. Despite her lowly status and abusive stepfamily, she secretly dreams of a better life. She befriends the eccentric Mrs. Toquet and falls for Prince Charles, whom she meets incognito. After attending a royal ball in borrowed attire and glass slippers, she flees at midnight, leaving behind a slipper that leads the Prince to her.
Mrs. Toquet provides Ella with her first accepting friendship.
Mrs. Toquet meets Ella at the secluded pool and becomes her first friend when Ella is otherwise shunned by the townspeople.
Their relationship develops from an anonymous meeting into a marriage proposal.
Charles gives Ella a ball invitation, teaches her a waltz, kisses her, and later declares that she is the woman he wants to marry.
A strained family relationship marked by contempt.
Serafina lives with Ella as one of her stepsisters and joins the family in treating Ella as an inferior servant.
A hostile stepsister relationship shaped by social humiliation.
Birdena is identified as one of Ella's stepsisters and participates in the household's mistreatment of Ella.
A cruel stepmother and abused stepdaughter relationship.
Ella lives in Widow Sonder's household and works as her lowly servant. Widow Sonder treats Ella harshly and dismisses her barefoot appearance.
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