Beauty and the Beast

I've been asked to write a version of Beauty and the Beast: set in the 1700's, stressing the culture of a different country. Mine is Thailand. I'm all in.

First thing I did was to find this:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140726163822/http://www.endicott-studio.com/articleslist/beauty-and-the-beast-old-and-new-by-terri-windling.html

It's a careful (I think) listing of different takes on the story. Naturally it has changed a lot over the years. One conclusion is that with the Disney version we gain the razzle-dazzle of the movie, and the beautiful songs, but we lose some elements of the story, some of the complexity.

Obviously I need to do some research into the jealous sisters, etc.

My beast will be a tiger, not an elephant. More later.

Mario's Dystopia

Announcing the book of my son, Noah Abraham Leverett
Mario's Dystopia
$4.99 + postage, paperback $2.99 on Kindle
free on Kindle Unlimited

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He has also written poetry, which I will try to highlight. He spent a long time typing out folk tales for this site; I will try to make its template a showcase.