"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Readers will be enchanted, in the best sense of the word. There is more background on the Beast in this version, allowing readers to see how he came to be bewitched, and Beauty's choice at the end, a departure from that in Beauty, is just so right. Among the fantasy elements are a prescient cat, the spirit of the greenwitch who willed Rose Cottage to Beauty's family, unicorns, and preternatural Guardians. Rose Cottage, where Beauty and her family settle after the father's financial downfall, and the nearby town and its residents, as well as the opulence of the Beast's castle and the devastation of his rose garden, are vividly depicted. Also, in some nicely done foreshadowing, Beauty suffers from recurring dreams of a long, dark corridor and something-a monster?-waiting for her at the end. For example, in the dining room scenes in the castle, Beauty eats but the Beast merely is present: "I am a Beast I cannot eat like a man." In Rose Daughter, Beauty has an affinity for flower gardening, particularly roses, because of her memories of her deceased mother it is a talent that serves her in good stead as she nurtures the Beast's dying rose garden. The familiar plot is here, but the slant is quite different, though Beauty's sisters are once again loving rather than hostile as in de Beaumont's original version. Although the Library of Congress catalogs it in the 398s, the book really belongs on the fiction shelves alongside Beauty. Learn More Membership Details Only 12. With Rose Daughter, she presents her finest and most deeply felt work-a compelling, richly imagined, and haunting exploration of the transformative power of love.
This is not a sequel, but a new novelization that is fuller bodied, with richer characterizations and a more mystical, darker edge. Twenty years ago, Robin McKinley dazzled readers with the power of her novel Beauty. Almost 20 years after her well-received, award-winning Beauty (1978), McKinley reexplores and reexpands on the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale.
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