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Four of Roderick's ships, one of which is captained by Robert, are lost at sea. Grace is engaged to one of her father's ship captains, Robert Tucker, and Hope is involved with the blacksmith Gervain Woodhouse. The girls are the daughters of the widowed Roderick Hurston, a wealthy merchant. Honour Huston is known to her family as "Beauty," as she found the name more appealing as a child than "Honour." As she grows older, however, Beauty decides that the nickname better suits her sisters, Grace, and Hope. Unlike other versions of the tale, McKinley's book focuses on the situation Beauty's family, painting Beauty as a plain, bookish character. The novel tells the story of Beauty and her family as they deal with financial troubles and eventually with the mysterious Beast in his magical castle. Beauty (1978) by Robin McKinley is a retelling of the classic French story La Belle et La Bete, or The Beauty and the Beast.
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