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Reimagined Classics
Published February 11, 2016 Submitted by: Jennifer
Over the past two weeks, the smash Broadway musical "Wicked" has made its debut appearance in Springfield at the Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. The play is based off the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.
Have you always loved classics and now wonder what others have been reimagined in a new way? Check out these other reimagined classics from the Library's catalog:
Beauty: A Wicked Sleeping Beauty Tale by Sarah Pinborough
"An enticing contemporary retelling of the classic story of "Sleeping Beauty." While the the handsome prince, the evil fairy, the beautiful girl and of course the spindle all appear, Sarah Pinborough's charming and provocative spin on the story will captivate fans of the fairy tale all over again."--Amazon
As a boy, Goldman claims he loved to hear his father read "The Princess Bride," but as an adult he discovered that the boring parts were left out and only the "good parts" reached his ears. So he decided to reconstruct the story. What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. A few beautiful women. Beasties, monstrous and gentle. Escapes and Captures. Death, lies, truth and miracles. In short, it's about everything.
Can Rapunzel trade the shadows of the forest for the king's castle and be the innocent beauty her beloved prince remembers?
A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.
As plague ravages the overcrowded earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.
When she is cast out of Wonderland by her evil Aunt Redd, young Alyss Heart finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can retrun and claim her rightful throne.
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.
Enchantment (available in digital audiobook) by Orson Scott Card
As one of the most consistently exciting writers to emerge in the last twent-five years, Orson Scott Card has been honored with numerous awards, immersing readers in dazzling worlds only he could create. Now, in "Enchantment", Card works his magic as never before, transforming the timeless story of "Sleeping Beauty" into an original fantasy brimming with romance and adventure.
Elena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom's Cinderella -- until fate left her with a completely inappropriate prince! So she set out to make a new life for herself. But breaking with "The Tradition" was no easy matter -- until she got a little help from her own fairy godmother. Who promptly offered Elenda a most unexpected job.
When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conqured the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the "mundys," their name for nomals citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters created their own secret society that they call Fabletown. From their exclusive luxury apartment buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side, these creatures of legend must fight for survival in the new world.
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The Princess Bride by Willman Goldman
The Fairest of Them All by Carolyn Turgeon
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
Fables. Vol. 1, Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham