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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't plan on liking this book, actually. <em>Tam Lin</em> was the first of the Fairy Tale Series that I'd read, and after reading a couple others, I thought I'd happened upon the best of them and half-decided not to bother with any others. But I'd put <em>The Nightingale</em> on hold a while ago, so when it showe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59938759">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Once upon a time I would read any fantasy that was based on a fairy tale. I'm a little more selective now, and when I was recently culling my bookshelves, <em>The Nightingale</em> didn't make the cut. It is only lightly fantasy, it's more about life at court in super feudal Japan with a few supernatural elem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43186941">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As others have said, its a retelling of the Hans Christian Anderson story The Nightingale set at the court of Heian period Japan.  It draws pretty directly from The Tale of Genji, with many of the same devices; a group of ladies in waiting who comment on and gossip about the actions of the main char...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69915724">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been looking for this book for ages and I finally got my hands on a copy.  It's a retelling of the story by Hans Christian Andersen, set in Heian Kyo instead of China.  The change in setting works well.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Kara Dalkey, The Nightingale (Ace, 1988)<br/><br/>During the late eighties, Ace Book released a series based on fairytales, of which this is one. Dalkey retells the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale of the nightingale, changing the setting to Japan (because, she says, she knows more about Japan than...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13373509">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This story is fun, but was ruined by bawdy humor and one inappropriate scene.  I hate it when authors ruin books like that.  Totally unneccesary.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a lovely retelling of Andersen's tale.  Dalkey takes a well known story and turns it into a tale about young love, becoming an adult, and real love.  The prose is beautiful and the characters breathe.]]></body>
    
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