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 Beauty - Robin McKinley
 Beauty - Robin McKinley ... 2004-03-04 by Corgi ChildrensNewest Review: ... out of the town to start a new life in the countryside, and Beauty finds herself very capable at manual labour. Then news ... more ... comes from town that one of the ships Beauty's father owned may have returned, and he goes out to see if this is true. On the way home he becomes lost, and finds his way to the home of the beast.
This book does an excellent job of fleshing out the characters of Beauty and the Beast, making them more real. Beauty's sisters are not ugly caricatures here, which I liked, and the magical castle in which the Beast lived was a fascinating place to see described.
This is probably the best-loved of Robin McKinley's books, the ...more |
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Beauty - Robin McKinley: A retelling of Beauty and the Beast (453 words)
by - written on 03/04/09 (Very useful, 85 readings)
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"Beauty" is a retelling of the story of 'Beauty and the Beast', in first person, from the point of view of Beauty. The storyline is pretty much the same as in the traditional story but some details are changed. Beauty is a nickname, her real name is Honour but as a child she decided that she'd rather be called Beauty, and the name stuck. She does not, however, consider herself beautiful. Beauty likes riding horses and reading, and when her father's business fails and one of her sisters marries, the whole family moves out of the town to start a new life in the countryside, and Beauty finds herself very capable at manual labour. Then news comes from ... Read the complete review
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