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I fell in love with the work of A. S. Byatt after reading her story "The Story of the Eldest Princess". I love fairy tales, but I also am the eldest child in my family and always felt a little slighted because in most fairy tales the older children fail. Even after I learned why that was, it still got tiresome. It was refreshing to read a story that approached fairy tales from the viewpoint of an eldest child who knows she is caught in the tale and what that means. It's a wonderful story for any
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Jan 02, 2020
Adam Sargant
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it was amazing
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mythic-fiction,
magic-realism
I adored this book. With three stories written in clear folk tale style, and the titular story a rich, dense novella that exploits the content and craft of the Thousand and One Nights to illuminate the nature of story and storytelling, all told with A.S Byatts own simultaneously rich and economic use of poetic language. I will be diving back into this book again and again for years to come.
Dec 05, 2008
Bronwyn
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liked it
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Shelves:
fiction-fantasy,
fiction-short-stories
May 09, 2011
Merinde
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really liked it
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Shelves:
folklore-fairytale-inspired,
fiction
Jul 31, 2025
L.S. Popovich
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really liked it
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mythology,
2025,
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british-irish-welsh-scottish,
fables,
4-star
