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The scene is a rundown boardwalk with carnival attractions. Ralph Banghart manages a house of mirrors where the "Dwarf", Mr. Bigelow, comes to view himself as large, normal. Ralph Banghart is a bully, and when his friend, Aimee, takes pity on Mr. Bigelow, Ralph becomes jealous. Although his bullying had been behind Mr. Bigelow's back, Ralph decides to switch the mirror in the house of mirrors to one that makes Bigelow appear tiny instead of large.

In the Brothers Grimm’s “Snow White,” a beautiful princess is targeted by her jealous stepmother, a vain and wicked queen who uses a magic mirror to confirm her beauty. The queen orders a huntsman to kill Snow White, but he spares her. Snow White finds refuge with seven dwarfs, and the queen, disguised, eventually poisons her with a poisoned apple.

The little known first novella of Charlotte Bronte, The Green Dwarf is a story of adventure, subterfuge, romance, and danger. Lady Emily Charlesworth is awaiting the return of her lover, Leslie, who is a down-on-his luck artist. However, the dastardly, coldhearted Colonel Percy is also vying for her heart and will stop at nothing to make Emily his own.

Iván Sergueievich Turgueniev nació en Oriol, Rusia, el 9 de noviembre de 1818. Escritor ruso. Perteneciente a una familia noble rural, pasó su infancia en la hacienda materna, hasta que se trasladó a Berlín para seguir estudios superiores. De vuelta a su país, inició su carrera literaria, mientras trabajaba como funcionario público, cargo que abandonó en 1843 por un gran amor, Pauline Viardot, cantante rusa constantemente en gira, con la que Turgueniev mantuvo una apasionada relación.