- robinmckinley, beauty, Rose, beautyandthebeast
A retelling of the story Beauty and the Beast. There is also a sequel available titled Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Robin McKinley
- First published
- October 25, 1978
- Pages
- 247
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound, MacRae, Random House Children's Books (A Division of Random House Group)
- Editions
- 31
- Language
- tur, English
- ISBN
- 9781497638563
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First sentence
“Sometimes you remember dreams.”
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