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Beauty a retelling of the story of Beauty & the beast

Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.

Main Author: McKinley, Robin.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Pocket Books, 1979, c1978.
Series: Beauty and the beast.
Subjects:
Folklore > France.
Fairy tales > Young adult.
Summary: Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.
Physical Description: 247 pages
ISBN: 0671829122
Author Notes: Robin McKinley was born in Warren, Ohio on November 16, 1952. She graduated from Bowdoin College in 1975 and her first novel, Beauty, was published in 1978. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown; a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword; the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine; and the World Fantasy Award for Imaginary Lands. Her other works include Spindle's End; The Outlaws of Sherwood; Rose Daughter; A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories; Chalice; and Shadows.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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