Beauty

McKinley, Robin

ISBN 10 : 0808566490 ISBN 13 : 9780808566496

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Quatrième de couverture

A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Robin McKinley

"Cannot a Beast be tamed?"

Beauty, believing herself plain and awkward, loves roses. But when her father goes travelling and plucks just one magnificent, crimson rosebud from the garden of a magical castle, a fearsome Beast demands revenge. Either Beauty's father must forfeit his life - or his daughter must promise to live with the Beast for ever.

A captivating retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast from a Newbery Medal winning author.

"Robin McKinley has treated the tale with respect and care, and she tells it straight... Anyone who appreciates prose that's poetic without being cloying will relish the language in which the story is written." Guardian

"Marries realism and fantasy with satisfying imagination, elegance of prose and thoughtful characterisation." Sunday Times

Quatrième de couverture

Beauty has never lived up to her name. Pale, thin and awkward, she has no interest in pretty gowns or handsome suitors, and spends her days lost in the books that are her most treasured friends.

But all that is about to change. For when Beauty's father loses his way in the dark forest and finds himself in the clutch of a terrible Beast, Beauty becomes entangled in a story more bewitching than any she has ever read: one of bitter revenge, dangerous magic, a powerful curse and of a love so transcendent that it can reveal the true beauty in everything.

A captivating retelling of Beauty and the Beast from Newbery Medal-winning author Robin McKinley.

'Marries realism and fantasy with satisfying imagination, elegance of prose and thoughtful characterisation' Sunday Times

Détails de l'édition

• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0808566490
• ISBN 13: 9780808566496
• Reliure: Cahier
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• Personne responsable: non disponible