When Beauty Tamed the Beast (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Linnet Berry Thrynne: A beauty whose reputation is ruined by an unfortunate dress and her mother's scandals.
• Piers Yelverton: Earl of Marchant; a doctor with poor bedside manner, scathing humor, and an old wound which requires a cane. (Yes, think TV's House.)
• Duke of Windebank: Duke of Windebank; Piers' estranged father; Recovering opium-addict
• Prufrock: Piers' butler
• Lady Bernaise: Piers' mother
• Cornelius Thrynne: Viscount Lord Sundon; Linnet's distracted, unconcerned father.
• Lady (Hortense) Zenobia Etheridge: Linnet's aunt
• Miss Linnet Berry Thrynne: Beauty, estimates the earl will fall madly in love with her in just two weeks. Piers nicknames her Berry
• Piers Yelverton, Earl of Marchant: has suffered intense pain daily since a childhood injury caused an infarction (when muscle tissue dies) in his leg. He lives in a castle in Wales
• Matilda: Add a description of this character.
• Sébastien: French, surgeon and cousin of Piers
• Sandys
• Mrs Hutchins
• Buller
• Marchant
• Marguerite, Lady Bernaise: French, Pier's mother
• Rosalyn
• Penders
• Mrs Sordido
• Marguerite
• Robert
• Rufus
• Maman
• Mr Juggs
• John
• Mr Hammerhock
• Mrs Wing
• Robert Yelverton, Duke of Windebank: Piers' father
• Mr. Prufrock: The sarcastic butler employed by Piers, but is also a spy for his father
• Gavan: 6 year old boy, one of Piers' patients
• Eliza: Linnet's personal maid
• Mrs. Havelock: called Nurse Matilda by Piers
• Cornelius Sundon, Viscount: Linnets father
• Zenobia, Lady Etheridge: Linnet's eccentric aunt who fancies herself an actress

Quotes edit see section history

• “"Ladies don't swim."”

  Linnet to Piers when he shows her the pool of water for the first time.

• “He considers himself a bosom friend of the king, or at least he did before the king turned batty as a... as a bat.”

  Zenobia

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• That sparkle makes it all the more sad that real women rarely live up to their fictional counterparts. They have yellowing teeth, or spotty skin. They have the shadow of a mustache, or a nose so big that a mouse could ski down it.

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• WHEN THE DUKE RETURNS

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• “Don’t tell me you’re going to try for virgin birth, my love. I can’t imagine that it worked very well back in Jerusalem. Every time the bishop talks about it at Christmastime, I can’t help thinking that the poor girl must have had a miserable time trying to get people to believe her.”

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• PLEASURE FOR PLEASURE

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• He rolled to face her, and their eyes met in a way that had everything to do with love, the kind strong enough to snatch someone back from the grave, the kind that never fades and never fails.

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• By Eloisa James WHEN BEAUTY TAMED THE BEAST

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• Linnet Berry Thrynne

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• London
• London, England
• France
• England
• Wales

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Table of Contents edit see section history

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Beauty and the Beast Theme: It is not what a person looks like on the outside that matters but what a person has inside them. Appearances are often deceiving.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by A Kiss at Midnight, and followed by The Duke Is Mine.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Eloisa James (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• RITA Award Finalist (2012: Regency Historical Romance)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Historical

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Eloisa James's website: The website has an Inside Take--extra notes from the author. And there as "Easter Eggs" throughout the site--pretty little eggs that you click on to get background information. Here are the teasers for the eggs attached to Beauty Tames the Beast, Eggs 39, 40, and 41: // 39. When Beauty Tamed the Beast is obviously a rewriting of the fairy tale, inspired by the Fox TV show’s Dr. House. I had a lot of fun finding a historical parallel — an arrogant, brilliant doctor — and then building a plot around a real-life, historical treatment for scarlet fever. My imagination took my hero in very different directions than the television show and its hero, but it was fascinating to discover that doctors, then and now tend to be ferociously critical of their peers. Look on the Bookshelf page. // 40. My father, Robert Bly, is famous for rewriting a fairy tale called Iron John. When I was growing up, he would challenge us at the dinner table to explain various stories. “What does it mean when Jack climbs that beanstalk?” he would ask. It’s interesting to see that the very things one finds most irritating about one’s parents can become crucial later in life…he thought me to think about fairy tales, and to be unafraid to rewrite them. Look under Meet Eloisa. // 41. For me, the most wrenching part of writing When Beauty Tamed the Beast was the scene in the chicken coop. I grew up on a farm, and one of the family chores was to clean out the chicken coop. So I have vivid memories of being surrounded by clouds of odiferous effluvia. I found a picture on-line of the coop I had in mind. Look on the Contact page.

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