So Sick of Myself
Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast (Folktales, volume 1)
By Robin McKinley
21 May, 2023
Because My Tears Are Delicious To You
Robin McKinley’s 1978 Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast is the first volume in her Folktales series. McKinley’s debut novel was a retelling of a classic fairy tale. See if you can guess which one.
As a little girl, Honour Huston, the youngest of three sisters, rejected her given name in favour of what she sees as a far better name, “Beauty.” To her disappointment, when she looks in a mirror, Beauty sees a plain girl, not the remarkable beauty that her sisters Grace and Hope are. At least she is smart, hardworking, and born into a well-to-do family.
Wealth can be ephemeral.