Peter S. Beagle





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Peter S. Beagle

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Peter Soyer Beagle (born April 20, 1939) is an American fantasist and author of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays. He is also a talented guitarist and folk singer. He wrote his first novel, A Fine and Private Place , when he was only 19 years old. Today he is best known as the author of The Last Unicorn, which routinely polls as one of the top ten fantasy novels of all time, and at least two of his other books (A Fine and Private Place and I See By My Outfit) are considered modern classics.



Average rating: 4.06 · 60,225 ratings · 4,272 reviews · 112 distinct works · Similar authors
The Last Unicorn
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 40,212 ratings — published 1968 — 50 editions
A Fine and Private Place
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,773 ratings — published 1960 — 26 editions
Tamsin
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,690 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions
The Innkeeper's Song
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 1,036 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions
The Folk of the Air
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 528 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions
The Unicorn Sonata
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
The Line Between
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
We Never Talk About My Brother
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 2009
Giant Bones
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions
Two Hearts
4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2005
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3.832055214723926 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 1,304 ratings
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3.9055555555555554 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 180 ratings

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“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.”
Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch's door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.”
Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream.”
Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

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