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The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, follows the journey of a unicorn who believes she is the last of her kind. She embarks on a quest to find other unicorns, encountering a cast of colorful characters along the way. Throughout her journey, the unicorn faces challenges that test her strength and courage, ultimately leading to a confrontation with the Red Bull, a powerful creature that is responsible for the disappearance of the other unicorns. ⬇️

suvata Read in 1970 • 5 Stars
Re-read in 2024 • 5 Stars again (kicking myself in the butt for not having read this again sooner.) I forgot how humorous it is.
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wanderinglynn I just ordered this book! It‘s been on my TBR list forever & I‘m finally going to read it! 🦄 7d

suvata @wanderinglynn You won‘t be disappointed 7d

Larkken Love this one ❤️ 6d

suvata @Larkken Yep, it‘s a classic 6d

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suvata

The Last Unicorn | Peter S. Beagle

dabbe Oh, lordy, is that ever true. 🤩🤩🤩 7d

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Clare-Dragonfly

Last Unicorn the Lost Journey | Peter S Beagle

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What a fascinating look at the earliest draft of a beloved novel! This is very different from the eventually published version of The Last Unicorn. The unicorn is basically the same character, and the butterfly appears, plus a few lines are the same, but that‘s about it. A demon accompanies the unicorn for much of her journey, and it just sort of ends—nothing is discovered. The most fascinating part to me is that instead of the Red Bull…

Clare-Dragonfly …covering the other unicorns‘ footsteps, it‘s the road that the unicorn is following throughout the book, which represents the changes wrought by modernity. Both the unicorn and the demon (and a dragon) have problems with that modernity in different directions. 3mo

rubyslippersreads Kitty ears! 😻 3mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo

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