![]() ![]() (That mansion is called Wilderstein, you can look up more details on its webpage) But on his way back, the father finds the mansion that's in the cover of this book, which was based on this real-life mansion: Naturally, it doesn't play off that well, and they stay as poor. There, they have to live modestly off the land, till one day a ship arrives to the NYC port that the family hope to be their salvation. This might be delightful for readers that love the Gilded Age and Victorian settings with all its beautiful houses and parties and such.īut in keeping with the fairy tale, this doesn't last: the father loses all his fortune, and all the family have to move to a modest cottage near Elmore's Corners in the Hudson Valley, some 70 miles from NYC. It's very detailed, Willard doesn't spare us details about what kind of luxuries they enjoy, from clothes to jewels to collectibles it's all so grand. In this privileged lifestyle is where Beauty and her sisters Vanessa and Mona are born, pampered daughters to a rich investor with a pretty townhouse overlooking Central Park, and having all the luxuries the rich of the era indulged in. Instead of France, we have the setting as New York City "when the century was still young," that is, the Gilded Age, when rich industrialists built mansions all over the country and dollar princesses married broke European nobles. This isn't an adaptation but a retelling of the fairy tale, and a unique one. KEY ELEMENT CHANGED: As it's a retelling, the setting is moved to America, with modifications stemming from the change of place and culture as well as period. THE Rs: Enhanced a bit more than in the tale. Engravings-like, all in black and white.īEAUTY: Described as redhaired and green-eyed.īEAST: Hairy human with a big and deformed nose, has claws for hands.
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