The Coachman Rat is an alternative account of the classic fairy tale of Cinderella.

The narrative follows the life of Robert, the rat that was transformed into the coachman on that fateful night when Amadea (Cinderella) fell in love with Prince Charming.

He then began a quest to find Mara, the "woman of light" (or the Fairy Godmother) in order to become permanently human.

[3] Pauline Morgan (for the Science Fiction Research Association Newsletter) found it "an allegory for the twentieth century" with the talking rat a curiosity and an outcast.

[4] It was also reviewed by Library Journal, which found it a "highly recommended" but somber portrait of "Europe on the verge of the Enlightenment",[1] and by Locus.