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Favole #2
Set Me Free
Her name is Favole and she has been living alone for ages, sleeping under the waters of gloomy canals and dreaming of the dense fog that floods the surface of the tender and melancholic Venice.
48 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2005
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About the author
Victoria Francés
29 books200 followersFrances was born in Valencia but spent much of her infancy in Galicia.
She attended the Polytechnic University of Valencia, where she studied Fine Arts at the Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos. There she started working as an illustrator while also designing various book covers and other commissioned pieces.
Her first illustrated book, Favole, a remembrance of Verona, Venice and Genoa, was first released on 23 April 2003. It was moderately successful, but she returned to the University to continue to study art. She made her first public appearance at the Saló del Còmic fair in Barcelona on March 8, 2004. She toured Madrid and the U.S. the following year.
Soon after, Favole II and Favole III followed. Her most recent published work is called El Corazón de Arlene (Arlene's heart) in 2008. Her illustrations have also been featured on posters, calendars and jigsaw puzzles.
She attended the Polytechnic University of Valencia, where she studied Fine Arts at the Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos. There she started working as an illustrator while also designing various book covers and other commissioned pieces.
Her first illustrated book, Favole, a remembrance of Verona, Venice and Genoa, was first released on 23 April 2003. It was moderately successful, but she returned to the University to continue to study art. She made her first public appearance at the Saló del Còmic fair in Barcelona on March 8, 2004. She toured Madrid and the U.S. the following year.
Soon after, Favole II and Favole III followed. Her most recent published work is called El Corazón de Arlene (Arlene's heart) in 2008. Her illustrations have also been featured on posters, calendars and jigsaw puzzles.
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June 18, 2018
Si bien las ilustraciones del primer tomo ne gustan más y este contiene algunas de mis favoritas de la autora, las historias de este segundo me gustan más.
January 20, 2020
La segunda parte de la novela gráfica Favole y mi parte favorita
Este fragmento de la historia está mucho mejor hilado. Nos habla principalmente de la protagonista, Favole.
Las ilustraciones, como siempre, son simplemente perfectas.
Este fragmento de la historia está mucho mejor hilado. Nos habla principalmente de la protagonista, Favole.
Las ilustraciones, como siempre, son simplemente perfectas.
July 29, 2014
Would love to get a tattoo out of this beautiful art
December 28, 2021
Favole après des éternités va tout faire pour retrouver son amour Ezequiel.
A Venise elle rencontre Sasha, un petit garçon perdu et seul comme elle.
Ensuite lors de son voyage, elle tombe sur une sorcière, Ebony. Qui désire plus que tout se venger des gens qui l'ont abandonné. Seule, livrée à elle même dans la forêt. Elle a appris tout ce qu'il fallait pour devenir sorcière. Un soir elle invoque Favole et lui demande son aide par un baiser afin d'achever sa vengeance.
Favole après avoir tenté d'aider cette jeune sorcière, rencontre le jeune et bel Abel, fils de Marquise, qu'elle avait eu de son ange de pierre adorée. Abel donne le Necross de sa mère à Favole afin qu'elle puisse retrouver le chemin du château d'Ezequiel.
A Venise elle rencontre Sasha, un petit garçon perdu et seul comme elle.
Ensuite lors de son voyage, elle tombe sur une sorcière, Ebony. Qui désire plus que tout se venger des gens qui l'ont abandonné. Seule, livrée à elle même dans la forêt. Elle a appris tout ce qu'il fallait pour devenir sorcière. Un soir elle invoque Favole et lui demande son aide par un baiser afin d'achever sa vengeance.
Favole après avoir tenté d'aider cette jeune sorcière, rencontre le jeune et bel Abel, fils de Marquise, qu'elle avait eu de son ange de pierre adorée. Abel donne le Necross de sa mère à Favole afin qu'elle puisse retrouver le chemin du château d'Ezequiel.
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October 31, 2021
“Set Me Free” is the second volume, where we follow our condemned Favole in her journey through Venice and in the direction of her beloved dark Prince Ezequiel. During her journey we meet Sasha, a small boy from Venice, Ebony, a witch cast aside by her family, and Abel, son of the Romanian Princess Marquisse, whose story we learned in the first book, and now we get to see what happened years later. Once again full of gothic and romantic poetry, the author leaves our imagination full of abandoned castles, gondolas strolling under a moonless night and restless spirits searching for love , vengeance and redemption.
September 8, 2018
Prefiro as ilustrações do primeiro livro, ainda que goste muito das deste segundo. Novamente, a história não é grande coisa, apesar de que, desta vez, parece haver uma linha de narrativa mais bem definida.
Este livro fala-nos da viagem do espectro de Favole em busca do seu querido príncipe vampírico e da sua própria salvação.
Irrita-me o facto de Favole ter adquirido uma marca na sua face, a meio da história, mas as ilustrações foram arranjadas de tal modo, no livro, que o lado em que a marca aparece não é consistente.
Este livro fala-nos da viagem do espectro de Favole em busca do seu querido príncipe vampírico e da sua própria salvação.
Irrita-me o facto de Favole ter adquirido uma marca na sua face, a meio da história, mas as ilustrações foram arranjadas de tal modo, no livro, que o lado em que a marca aparece não é consistente.
December 12, 2024
🖤🥀"Το φυλαχτό αυτό θα σου δείξει το δρόμο προς τη λύτρωση, που μέχρι τώρα ήταν κρυμμένος στην αιώνια καταδίκη σου. Το αληθινό πεπρωμένο σου ξεκινά σήμερα, Φάβολε. Άνοιξε τα μάτια σου για μια νέα ζωή..." 🖤🥀
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March 15, 2025
3.5⭐️
As ilustrações continuam maravilhosas. A narrativa é menos densa em relação ao primeiro livro, o que é um ponto positivo. Ainda assim, não é fluída nem bem desenvolvida o suficiente para chegar às 4⭐️
As ilustrações continuam maravilhosas. A narrativa é menos densa em relação ao primeiro livro, o que é um ponto positivo. Ainda assim, não é fluída nem bem desenvolvida o suficiente para chegar às 4⭐️
May 20, 2019
Stunning art combined with a sad and dark story, split into 3 nice chapters. A story that is written (translated? - Dutch) much better than the first book, yet somewhat less poetic.
February 21, 2023
Segunda parte de esta triología de Favole.
En esta segunda parte se nos presentan nuevos personajes con ilustraciones maravillosas.
Nos acercamos al final de está romántica y sombría historia
En esta segunda parte se nos presentan nuevos personajes con ilustraciones maravillosas.
Nos acercamos al final de está romántica y sombría historia
March 25, 2023
MERAVIGLIA, DA LEGGERE E AMMIRARE ASSOLUTAMENTE ANCHE SOLO PER I DISEGNI DI VICTORIA FRANCÉS ❤️
January 29, 2013
This is my favourite volume of Favole, it is the one I read first and it is the one where I actually own some of the pictures.
As with "Stone Tears" there are three stories contained within "Set Me Free". Whereas the vampire Ezequiel was the link for the first volume, Favole is the common thread in this. Out of the three stories I would say that Ebony's is my favourite and has some of the more beautiful pictures, whilst the final story, Abels, has a link back to Marquise of volume one.
It is more obvious in this volume that a plot is being followed and it does seem more that the plot came first and the pictures after (something that I was never too sure on with volume one).
If I were to recomend just one page of these books it would also be from this volume, page 9, the chapter heading for The Venetian Fairy - part sketch, part picture the detail on this half image is just exquisite.
As with "Stone Tears" there are three stories contained within "Set Me Free". Whereas the vampire Ezequiel was the link for the first volume, Favole is the common thread in this. Out of the three stories I would say that Ebony's is my favourite and has some of the more beautiful pictures, whilst the final story, Abels, has a link back to Marquise of volume one.
It is more obvious in this volume that a plot is being followed and it does seem more that the plot came first and the pictures after (something that I was never too sure on with volume one).
If I were to recomend just one page of these books it would also be from this volume, page 9, the chapter heading for The Venetian Fairy - part sketch, part picture the detail on this half image is just exquisite.
June 5, 2019
In the first Favole book, Marquise fell in love with a stone statue of an angel in a graveyard, with a passion that lasted beyond death. Victoria Frances draws so well that I could almost do the same with her characters. They have such beauty, intense sadness and tragedy that they look out of the page like real people. The writing is poetic, even a little confusing at times. The whole effect is a blurring together of the physical and spirit worlds, of fantasy and reality, nature and the human world. If you can relate to the sadness and longing that is the core of her work, Victoria is captivating.
February 11, 2015
I first discovered Victoria Frances years ago when the happy go lucky artwork of Amy Brown was beginning to simmer. I was full into my Gothic faze (I'll never wholly recover, ha ha).
Victoria's artwork is evocative and haunting. The faces of her muses are exquisitely drawn. There is pain there; beauty, resignation, beckoning.
Often, I wonder if something is not lost in the English to Spanish translation; I wish I read Spanish.
Nevertheless, these books are worth the selling price to own the darkly sensual paintings and sketches alone.
Victoria's artwork is evocative and haunting. The faces of her muses are exquisitely drawn. There is pain there; beauty, resignation, beckoning.
Often, I wonder if something is not lost in the English to Spanish translation; I wish I read Spanish.
Nevertheless, these books are worth the selling price to own the darkly sensual paintings and sketches alone.
January 19, 2012
Lovely lovely art. The only reason why it doesn't get a 5 star rating is because the artist seems to think she's a writer too, and tries to dazzle us with some of the more laughable examples of purple prose with gothic undertones I've read in a few years. Try reading the "girl who chokes on apple and dies during her first period" bit without laughing.
I dare you.
I dare you.
July 19, 2010
I loved the art in this book (as I did with all her other books). It is very dark and yet very beautiful. Every drawing is breath takingly detailed and very stimulating to the senses. If you love vampires, you'll love this book. I highly recommend it!
October 11, 2011
Again, beautiful, beautiful art. I don't really understand the story, but it's not a thing that bothers me over much as the language is pretty. It's not a lack of plot, just that it's a bit muddled.
January 2, 2013
story-wise, it's a 14 year old girl's fantasies. But you don't buy it for the story, you buy it for the art, and that's really good. Normally I wouldn't rate it, but for its countless cliches, the plot is only a fragment of an overall story I haven't read, so I'll focus on the art alone
January 21, 2018
La parte visual es una delicia, pero la historia no la acompaña y le hace un flaco favor. Es pueril y simplona, una lástima.
December 11, 2012
The art of Victoria's books is very good.
Unfortunely the story doesn't follow the same path and is quite basic
Unfortunely the story doesn't follow the same path and is quite basic
April 4, 2015
AMAZING drawings!!!
Beautiful short story!
I love V.F. works so so sooooooooooooo much!!!
And this one was much much darker and spooky... But I really loved it!
Especially the male vampire... :P
Beautiful short story!
I love V.F. works so so sooooooooooooo much!!!
And this one was much much darker and spooky... But I really loved it!
Especially the male vampire... :P
October 24, 2015
Beter dan deel 1, maar ik heb deel 3 niet...
September 2, 2016
A arte está absolutamente genial. A história, por seu lado, é demasiado simples e pouco desenvolvida.
August 1, 2019
beautiful art
lazy writing
lazy writing
June 6, 2025
Este hermoso tomo trata temas tristes con una dulzura muy bella. Las ilustraciones son un tesoro cada una, y para mí una valiosa fuente de inspiración.
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