A strange imprisonment Beauty has never liked her nickname. She is thin and awkward; it is her two sisters who are the beautiful ones. But what she lacks in looks, she can perhaps make up for in courage. When her father comes home with the tale of an enchanted castle in the forest and the terrible promise he had to make to the Beast who lives there, Beauty knows she must go to the castle, a prisoner of her own free will. Her father protests that he will not let her go, but she answers, "Cannot a Beast be tamed?" Robin McKinley's beloved telling illuminates the unusual love story of a most unlikely couple: Beauty and the Beast. From The Back Cover: "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.
Pohádky Série
Tato série se ponoří do srdce klasických pohádek a přináší nadčasové příběhy s novým pohledem. Objevte kouzlo, které rezonuje napříč generacemi, prozkoumejte složité vztahy a morální dilemata skrytá pod povrchem známých narativů. Každý svazek nabízí bohaté, atmosférické vyprávění, které oslavuje sílu představivosti a univerzální témata lásky, statečnosti a proměny.
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