Peter S. Beagle
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April 20, 1939
in The United States
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The Last Unicorn  4.16 avg rating — 15,095 ratings
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1968
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42 editions
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A Fine and Private Place  3.94 avg rating — 1,158 ratings
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1960
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Tamsin 3.96 avg rating — 1,000 ratings
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1999
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The Innkeeper's Song 3.81 avg rating — 614 ratings
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1993
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The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, Peter Gillis , Renae De Liz 4.22 avg rating — 435 ratings
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2011
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The Folk of the Air 3.67 avg rating — 365 ratings
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1977
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The Unicorn Sonata by Peter S. Beagle, Robert Rodriguez 3.55 avg rating — 321 ratings
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1996
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The Line Between 4.08 avg rating — 245 ratings
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2006
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Giant Bones 3.96 avg rating — 244 ratings
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We Never Talk About My Brother 3.98 avg rating — 232 ratings
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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
― 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
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
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn
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