![]() This novel is filled with a level of thought and detail typical to one of McKinley’s books. Beauty is appropriately introspective as Beauty makes sense of her new surroundings and begins to unravel some of the Beast’s secrets. ![]() Beauty is a retelling of the fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast.” Originally published in 1978, this novel is also strikingly close to Disney’s classic animated version of the story.īeauty is a pragmatic narrator who does not tolerate nonsense and values books and intelligence above almost everything else. Beauty’s narration is thoughtful and brisk as the story moves along. And, when it comes time to make a dangerous choice, she is brave in Beauty (1978) by Robin McKinley.īeauty is the first book in a trilogy of companion novels by McKinley that retell popular folktales. She may not be pretty but Beauty is smart. ![]() They don’t even want to consider the bargain their father was forced to strike. No one quite believes it when their father returns home with tales or an enchanted house in the woods and a Beast who lives there. Not really and certainly not compared to her sisters. But she knows far too well that she is no beauty. And better, at this point, to keep it than to admit the folly of such a nickname. It has been many years since Beauty liked her nickname. ![]()
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