The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn
by Peter S. Beagle

The Last Unicorn
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Book Summary Information

Author: Peter S. Beagle
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1991-01-01
ISBN: 0451450523
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Roc Trade

Book Reviews of The Last Unicorn

Book Review: Classic!
Summary: 5 Stars

My 8-year old daughter loves unicorns for some reason and I had read this book many many years ago. When I saw that they had this anniversary edition, I bought it to allow her to read it. She read this for her book report although this is more of a 5th to 7th grade book. It helped that there was a video adaptation of the book that was very close to the book's story. Again, a wonderful book!

Summary of The Last Unicorn

A unicorn, a haphazard wizard, and a spunky scullery woman journey to the dreaded kingdom of Haggaard, an evil ruler who, with the help of a bull-shaped demon, imprisons all the unicorns of the world. Reissue.
The Last Unicorn is one of the true classics of fantasy, ranking with Tolkien's The Hobbit, Le Guin's Earthsea Trilogy, and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Beagle writes a shimmering prose-poetry, the voice of fairy tales and childhood:

The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was no longer the careless color of sea foam but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlit night. But her eyes were still clear and unwearied, and she still moved like a shadow on the sea.

The unicorn discovers that she is the last unicorn in the world, and sets off to find the others. She meets Schmendrick the Magician--whose magic seldom works, and never as he intended--when he rescues her from Mommy Fortuna's Midnight Carnival, where only some of the mythical beasts displayed are illusions. They are joined by Molly Grue, who believes in legends despite her experiences with a Robin Hood wannabe and his unmerry men. Ahead wait King Haggard and his Red Bull, who banished unicorns from the land.

This is a book no fantasy reader should miss; Beagle argues brilliantly the need for magic in our lives and the folly of forgetting to dream. --Nona Vero

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