Beauty, a well-educated and honourable young woman, accepts responsibility for her father's act when her steals a rose from a mysterious garden. She is compelled to leave her family, and to enter the enchanted, frightening domain of the Beast, who lives alone in a vast castle. The Beast Beauty finds within is not at all the Beast of her imagination -- but can she stay with him?

Robin McKinley's brilliantly inventive novel is based on the classic fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast, a story which has fascinated generations or readers and inspired many poets and artists. But not until now has anyone thought to recreate it in so stunningly original a manner, and the result is high romance of the most compelling sort, to delight readers of all ages.

Condition: Pre-loved book. Minor yellowing of pages. Otherwise in good condition.

Format: Hardcover
Year published: 1983
Pages: 247
Sub-genre: Fairy tale retelling; fantasy.
Imprint: Julia Macrae Books