Beauty and the Beast author-Sophie Escabasse A critical

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and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Lúthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings

As dangers close in

but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride

so that she may live on land instead

Beauty and the Beast author-Sophie Escabasse A criticalMAYER, Marianna. Beauty and the Beast. Illustrated by Mercer Mayer. NY: Four Winds Press [1978]. Oblong 4to, [48]pp. Mustard cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. Red endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. Lower spine ends a tad rubbed, some scuffing to cloth else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light creasing to top rear corner, spine ends a tad rubbed). First edition. A gorgeous retelling of the classic