Peter S. Beagle





Peter S. Beagle

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April 20, 1939 in The United States

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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.



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Average rating: 4.04 · 25,105 ratings · 2,622 reviews · 42 distinct works
The Last Unicorn
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 15,095 ratings — published 1968 — 42 editions
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A Fine and Private Place
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,158 ratings — published 1960 — 22 editions
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Tamsin
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,000 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions
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The Innkeeper's Song
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 614 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions
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The Last Unicorn
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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The Folk of the Air
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions
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The Unicorn Sonata
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3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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The Line Between
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2006
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Giant Bones
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 244 ratings8 editions
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We Never Talk About My Brother
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2009
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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

“I am no king, and I am no lord,
And I am no soldier at-arms," said he.
"I'm none but a harper, and a very poor harper,
That am come hither to wed with ye."

"If you were a lord, you should be my lord,
And the same if you were a thief," said she.
"And if you are a harper, you shall be my harper,
For it makes no matter to me, to me,
For it makes no matter to me."

"But what if it prove that I am no harper?
That I lied for your love most monstrously?"

"Why, then I'll teach you to play and sing,
For I dearly love a good harp," said she.”
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

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