Snow White and Rose Red
by Patricia Wrede
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Author: Patricia WredeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-02-19
ISBN: 0142411213
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Firebird
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Summary: 5 Stars
Ever since I was a young girl, Snow White has always been my favorite "Princess" character. Although I grew up on the Disney version of Snow White, I'd read the original Grimm's Fairy Tale a few times as a teenager and liked that story as well.
Patricia Wrede approaches Snow White and Rose Red with an interesting twist on the story. Each chapter begins with a portion of the original tale, but rather than the story being disjointed and hard to understand, she smooths it out and provides a very cohesive, very magical story.
Snow White and Rose Red are the daughters of the Widow Arden. They meet and become involved in the saving of Hugh, a faerie prince, and through this meet his brother, John. There are evil wizards to complete the tale and the dark overtone of accusations of witchcraft color the story, which was set in Elizabethan England. The only difficult part of the book was the spoken language.
While the author did a great job with her "thee's" and "thou's", it makes for some hard reading, and can seem somewhat clunky at first. After finishing the book though, my opinion is that it added to the magical feel and just provided some depth to the story that would not have been there had the characters spoken modern-day English. A very fun read and recommended to anyone who enjoys a good fairy tale.
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Snow White and Rose Red live on the edge of the forest that conceals the elusive border of Faerie. They know enough about Faerie lands and mortal magic to be concerned when they find two human sorcerers setting spells near the border. And when the kindly, intelligent black bear wanders into their cottage some months later, they realize the connection between his plight and the sorcery they saw in the forest. This romantic version of the classic fairy tale features an updated introduction by its editor, Terri Windling.Fantasy Books
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