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Karen is a small and unfortunate child who is so poor she can't even afford a new pair of shoes. After her mother's death, she is taken in and adopted by an elderly blind woman, and it seems as though her life will take a turn for the better. But although Karen is a kind and gentle girl, something diabolical nests in her young soul: vanity. She is so overcome by the vain desire for something beautiful--a pair of red shoes--that those very shoes will be her demise. Karen es una niña pequeña e infortunada tan pobre que ni siquiera puede comprarse un nuevo par de zapatos. Tras la muerte de su madre, es acogida y adoptada por una anciana y parece que su vida va a mejorar. Pero aunque Karen es una niña amable y dulce, algo diabólico anida en su alma infantil: la vanidad. Es tan apoderada por el anhelo vanidoso por algo hermoso--un par de zapatos rojos--que esos mismos zapatos serán su desgracia.