Hope, meanwhile, has fallen in love with a handsome blacksmith named Gervain Woodhouse, and he proposes that the entire family relocate with him to a faraway village, where he and the girls' father can both find work and they can start their lives afresh.
It's a double disaster for the family, because one of the sailors lost in the wreck is Robbie, who is betrothed to the heartbroken Grace. When Beauty is in her mid-teens, a disaster at sea essentially destroys the family's fortunes. Though ironically nicknamed for being the plainest of the sisters, Beauty is an excellent student with dreams of possibly being able to attend university. Her two elder sisters are the impossibly beautiful and good-natured Grace and Hope. Honour "Beauty" Huston is the third of four daughters born to a successful sea merchant, Roderick Huston her mother, the Lady Marguerite, died giving birth to Beauty's little sister Mercy, who also died. The plot follows the storyline of the original fairy tale fairly closely, with some exceptions: rather than being the more beautiful sister of two unpleasant siblings, Beauty is initially described as quite plain, and her sisters are both lovely and kind. Robin McKinley's first published novel (1976), this is a retelling of " Beauty and the Beast" (in case you didn't catch it in the title).
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