Classic Princess stories with a Twist
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Classic Princess stories with a Twist
How about The Worst Princess, by Anna Kemp?
Its an absolute hoot!
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@pt_12: I didn't even think about that! You're right though, Sara only pretends to be a princess
@anomalocaris: Those sound really neat, I'm going to have to give them a shot
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I almost forgot, you should check out Angela Carter, she loved retellings fairy tale and myth, but with a feminist approach.
The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Horfman
The Bloody Chamber (short stories)
Nights at the Circus
The Magic Toy Shop
Also Murakami's After Dark is a retellings of European and Japanese fairy tales
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I really recommend The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye. When Princess Amethyst is born, her family invites every single fairy to be her godparents (despite her father warning that it's going to lead to nothing but trouble) because she's the seventh princess and therefore destined to be the most beautiful and lucky. Well, this ends up sort of backfiring when one of the fairies decide to give the gift of Ordinary to the baby. Years go by and Princess Amy grows up with an upturned nose, mousy brown hair and a funny, carefree and cheerful personality. Unfortunately, her (very concerned and well-meaning) parents don't quite see it that way and decide to lock Amy in a tower guarded by a fire-breathing dragon in hopes that a prince would come to her rescue and be more or less forced to marry her. Well, Amy gets wind of this and decides to run away...
It pokes fun of the classic fairy tale tropes (like beautiful princesses who need to be rescued and have no personality whatsoever) with a love letter. Yeah, it's a very simple story but it's absolutely darling. I'd recommend this for younger readers (maybe ages 8-13) but I think any age would enjoy it.
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I heard that Once Upon a Time was a series before the show but I wasn't sure how good it was! Are they written in consecutive order or just separate stories of their own?ThatRobynGirl wrote:Have you read the Once Upon A Time series? It's written collectively, and they're all retelling classic fairy tales. They're absolutely smashing, in my opinion. I highly recommend them.
My sister was just telling me the other day about the Brothers Grimm's gory stories, I never knew some fairy tales were actually that horrific, it was pretty interesting to hear them after all the modernized versions.