Beauty and the beast : a novel

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Metadata

Title

Author

Tytler, Sarah, 1827-1914

Publisher

London : Chatto and Windus

Date

1886

Description

Publisher's advertisements appear before and after text. Advertisements after the text dated May, 1886.

In publisher's binding, paper covered boards; advertisement for Pears' soap on back cover; advertisements on pastedowns and flyleaves.

This is a story about a private soldier who inherits baronetcy in a sensational plot that reveals problems of social divisions. Will Thwaite, the Beast, is sentenced to be flogged and then dismissed from military service when his superior officer receives the letter informing him of Will’s inherited good fortune. Thus, he will not be flogged or dismissed, but will leave the service with a good reputation, befitting his rise in status. When he takes over the baronial estate, he meets the Beauty of the title, Miss Iris Compton, who will reject his impetuous proposal, sending him into a downward spiral and an unfortunate marriage. Will he ruin himself, or will Beauty save him? The cover shows Beauty with her wicked grandmother.

Format

viii, 341, 2, 32 p. ; 18 cm.

Language

eng

Type

Yellowbacks

Publishers' advertisements 1886

Publishers' paper bindings (Binding)

Provenance

Athenaeum's copy stamped on t.p.: "Received Jan 16 1888 The Athenaeum."

Citation

Tytler, Sarah, 1827-1914, “Beauty and the beast : a novel,” Yellowbacks, accessed April 24, 2024, http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/yellowbacks/items/show/315.