![]() And she’s beautiful enough, so the lord, the prince, the rich man’s son notices her, and dances with her, and tumbles her in a quiet hayloft when the dancing is over, and afterwards he goes home and marries the rich woman his family has picked out for him. ![]() ![]() The real story is, the miller’s daughter with her long golden hair wants to catch a lord, a prince, a rich man’s son, so she goes to the moneylender and borrows for a ring and a necklace and decks herself out for the festival. The real story isn’t half as pretty as the one you’ve heard. If you’ve read the book and care to comment, please be mindful of the folks who haven’t read it yet. Because the novel was published this year, it falls under my new “no spoilers” imprimatur, which is fine where the text is concerned, but I can’t promise what I don’t control, which is comments. If you know Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, you’ll look with great anticipation to her follow up, Spinning Silver. ![]()
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