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| Original Title: | Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast |
| ISBN: | 0064404773 (ISBN13: 9780064404778) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Folktales |
| Characters: | Beauty / Honour Huston (Robin McKinley), Grace Huston, Molly Honeybourne, Hope Huston-Woodhouse, Lydia (Robin McKinley), Bessie (Beauty), Mercy Woodhouse, Richard Woodhouse, Ruth (Robin McKinley), Lady Marguerite, Robert Tucker, Gervain Woodhouse, Roderick Huston, Tom Black, Greatheart, Tom Bradley, Melinda Honeybourne, Ferdy (Robin McKinley), Pat Lawrey, Nick Callaway, John Honeybourne, Cider (Robin McKinley), Frewen (Robin McKinley), Orpheus/Phooey, Odysseus (Robin McKinley), Beast (Robin McKinley) |
| Literary Awards: | Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1980) |
Robin McKinley
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4.05 | 72351 Users | 5024 Reviews
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A strange imprisonment...Beauty has never liked her nickname. She is thin and awkward; it is her two sisters who are the beautiful ones. But what she lacks in looks, she can perhaps make up for in courage.
When her father comes home with the tale of an enchanted castle in the forest and the terrible promise he had to make to the Beast who lives there, Beauty knows she must go to the castle, a prisoner of her own free will. Her father protests that he will not let her go, but she answers, "Cannot a Beast be tamed?"
Robin McKinley's beloved telling illuminates the unusual love story of a most unlikely couple, Beauty and the Beast.
Specify About Books Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (Folktales)
| Title | : | Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (Folktales) |
| Author | : | Robin McKinley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | June 30th 1993 by HarperCollins (first published October 25th 1978) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Romance. Fairy Tales. Young Adult. Retellings |
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Ratings: 4.05 From 72351 Users | 5024 ReviewsCrit About Books Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (Folktales)
This is absolutely my favorite retelling of the familiar tale of Beauty and the Beast. An aside: it far outshines the Disney one.McKinley begins the tale with the very familiar setting: A merchant with daughters has fallen on hard times. He and his family are reduced to living in near poverty. But there she diverges, to give us a believable family structure of the daughters who have various levels of resourcefulness in dealing with their straitened circumstances. They are a family, and there areI think I'll blame my partner's Disney song playlist for making me want to (re)read a bunch of Beauty and the Beast retellings. The obvious place to start (for me, anyway) is with Robin McKinley's two attempts at telling the story, Beauty and Rose Daughter. Beauty is perhaps the less delicate of the two, being suited to a younger audience in terms of complexity, language, etc, but it still makes a good story. You come to care for the little family, and learn to care for the Beast; the mysteries
I curse this book with a thousand crotch louse. It's not I didn't like this book. At least, I like the beginning for awhile. But this book's plot was enough to drive me into a rant. Getting out of the way the fact that the characterisation is great and the setting is stunning and all that shit, let's get into possibly McKinley's only, and truly great weakness, which is plotting and pacing.The book reads at the speed of an unhurried snail. It starts a full 2.5ish years before Beauty even meets
I try hard not to use spoilers in these reviews but find that is impossible in this case. But, since its a tale as old as time, maybe youll forgive me for it just this once.I did not like the book.Wow, thats hard to say. I love stories, love books the way the pages feel under my fingers. I like stories that make me care about the characters, that drop me into the action. Hand me an Avery Cates novel and I am oblivious to the roar of NASCAR engines on the big screen TV, to the dinner burning in
This is a lovely retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Robin McKinley's writing is fluid; the descriptions of the castle, landscapes, and even clothes are clear and vivid; horseback-riding scenes and interactions with horses are reflective of the author's superior knowledge of the animals. But other than that, there is hardly anything memorable about Beauty.I don't know about you, but expect any retelling to bring something new to the original story, some new layers, better understanding of the
An absolutely lovely rendition of my favorite fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast. There have been many retellings of this tale, from the bodice ripping romance novel covers featuring men muscled to the point of beastliness, holding pale, innocent flowers, to, of course, the smart young lady with a conveinently lovely voice for a Disney musical. This one falls somewhere poignantly in between- in just the perfect place for adult fans of both genres to find something that they can identify with,
REVIEW UPDATE: March 2017Old friend, I didn't realize how much I missed you! I've been wanting to re-read this book for a long time, and the theater release of the new Disney movie seemed to be as good an excuse as any. McKinley immersed me again into the world of an enchanted castle and the affection growing between an ordinary girl, and a terrible but lonely beast.There are so many good themes in this book! While some have argued the book may support Stockholm Syndrome (sympathy developed by a
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