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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This tale is in the tradition of "the fractured fairy tale"--it has echoes of traditional stories (for example, "Bluebeard" and maybe "Rumpelstiltskin") However, the reader does not have the "once-upon-a-time", magical distance from the characters in the story as in a traditional tale, because the protagonists--especially the "seventh bride" and the previous brides too--are more real and fully developed individuals than in the classical tales. There is, moreover, an interesting mix of genres: a certain "realism"; fantasy; sci-fi (the clock and theories of time). Altogether a good read and an interesting experiment in combining many kinds of entertaining fiction! 4/5 if Bluebeard's Castle and Howl's Moving Castle had a baby i want to see this as a studio ghibli movie it was so dreamlike fairytale nostalgic less horror-y than i was expecting but still pretty good. i did not expect (but i really liked) the tone happy i could find one of her books on archive.org lolol The Seventh Bride is about a miller's daughter who is chosen to be the wife of a noble for no earthly known reason, because she's not exactly gorgeous and he's never even really met her before. It's all very strange..until she realizes he's an evil wizard, and meets the menagerie at his castle. This, though it starts off reading as YA, is DEFINITELY NOT YA. Funny and poignant and altogether a light read, thoroughly enjoyed. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Young Rhea is a miller's daughter of low birth, so she is understandably surprised when a mysterious nobleman, Lord Crevan, shows up on her doorstep and proposes marriage. Since commoners don't turn down lords--no matter how sinister they may seem--Rhea is forced to agree to the engagement. Lord Crevan demands that Rhea visit his remote manner before their wedding. Upon arrival, she discovers that not only was her betrothed married six times before, but his previous wives are all imprisoned in his enchanted castle. Determined not to share their same fate, Rhea asserts her desire for freedom. In answer, Lord Crevan gives Rhea a series of magical tasks to complete, with the threat "Come back before dawn, or else I'll marry you." With time running out and each task more dangerous and bizarre than the last, Rhea must use her resourcefulness, compassion, and bravery to rally the other wives and defeat the sorcerer before he binds her to him forever. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This is a magical fantasy, part medieval, part modern. Usually not my kind of book, but I enjoyed it. ( )