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March 1999
Compiled by Ricki Nordmeyer of Skokie (IL) Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

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Night Magic Charlotte Vale Allen
-- a retelling of Phantom of the Opera

Firebrand Marion Zimmer Bradley
-- the fall of Troy from Kassandra's point of view

The Bloody Chamber Angela Carter
-- modern erotic versions of fairy tales

Briar Rose Robert Coover
-- modern edition of Sleeping Beauty

The Hours Michael Cunningham
-- an updated, retelling of Virgina Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway.

The Nightingale Kara Dalkey
-- modern version of the Hans Christian Anderson classic

Jack, the Giant-Killer Charles DeLint
-- Jack and the Bean Stalk

Truly Grim Tales Priscilla Galloway
-- modern renditions of favorite fairy tales

Grendel John Gardener
-- a retelling of Beowulf from the monster's point of view

Sherwood Parke Godwin
Robin & the King Parke Godwin
Lady of the Forest Jennifer Roberson's
The Sherwood Game Esther Friesner's
--recent versions of Robin Hood

Here on Earth Alice Hoffman
-- a rewrite of Wuthering Heights.

Ulysses James Joyce
Ella Enchanted Gail Levine
-- modern edition of the Cinderella story

My Fair Lady Frederick Loewe
-- Musical version of the Pygmalion story

Mary Reilly Valerie Martin
-- retelling Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde from the maid's perspective

Beauty Robin McKinley
Rose Daughter Robin McKinley
Beauty Susan Wilson
-- modern versions of Beauty & the Beast

The Canary Trainer Nicholas Meyer
-- fun retelling of The Phantom of the Opera -- one of his delightful Holmesian pastiches

Zel Donna Jo Napoli
-- story of Rapunzel told from multiple points of view

Galatea 2.2 Richard Powers
-- a modern retelling of the Pygmalion myth.

The Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys
--Jane Eyre from a different point of view

West Side Story Based on a conception by Jerome Robbins
-- Musical version of Romeo & Juliet

The Godmother Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
-- Modern characters from old European fairy tales placed in the framework of a fantasy novel about a social worker in Seattle

A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley
-- King Lear in Middle America

Briar Rose Jane Yolen
-- a retelling of Sleeping Beauty set against the Holocaust.

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