She arrives at a castle of invisible servants, magical books, friendly animals, and a melancholy Beast who asks her to marry him every evening. Beauty leaves to go live at the castle of the mysterious Beast, with only her plowhorse to accompany her. The father leaves on a trip - and returns with a single rose, a gift for Beauty, which carries the price of either his life or his daughter. After selling their possessions the family moves to the countryside. One of the sisters marries a poor but worthy country lad, while the other lost her beloved fiancee who captained one of the ships. Unlike the Disney films, there is no external villain no mustache-twirling Gaston to imperil her future.

Then all their lives change suddenly: the ships their father owns are lost, and the money goes with them. In most retellings, Beauty’s family abandons her to the Beast in McKinley’s version (as with the Disney films) she insists on becoming his hostage in order to save her father. Perhaps McKinley's greatest talent is an. PDF / EPUB File Name: Beauty-RobinMcKinley.pdf, Beauty-RobinMcKinley.epub PDF File Size: 1.4 MB EPUB File Size: 468 KB PDF EPUB Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast Download. She has two sisters, the beautiful Hope and Grace, and a benevolent, wealthy father. McKinley skillfully mixes joy and sadness, contrasting Beauty's ominous departure from her family with the festive, exultant scene of her wedding. The best-known and best-loved of Robin McKinley's books is also one of the best of the fairy-tale retellings - 'Beauty,' a more enlightened, fully-drawn version of 'Beauty and the Beast.' There's a depth and a richness to the story and characterizations, as well as a beauty of atmosphere and writing.īeauty (real name is 'Honour') is the ironically-named heroine of the story - she isn't beautiful, but is very intelligent.

Beauty by robin mckinley