A Curse Dark As Gold, Elizabeth C. Bunce
A Curse Dark As Gold, Elizabeth C. Bunce
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A Curse Dark As Gold

Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce

Narrator: Charlotte Parry

Unabridged: 17 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2010


Synopsis

This ravishing winner of the ALA's William C. Morris YA Debut Award is a fairy tale, spun with a mystery, woven with a family story, and shot through with romance.The gold thread promises Charlotte Miller a chance to save her family's beloved woolen mill. It promises a future for her sister, jobs for her townsfolk, security against her grasping uncle -- maybe even true love. To get the thread, Charlotte must strike a bargain with its maker, the mysterious Jack Spinner. But the gleam of gold conjures a shadowy past -- secrets ensnaring generations of Millers. And Charlotte's mill, her family, her love -- what do those matter to a stranger who can spin straw into gold? This is an award-winning and wholly original retelling of "Rumplestiltskin."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on August 25, 2007

Let’s just make this perfectly clear: I loved this book. Fairy tales retold are pretty much a sure thing with me, but this one’s a humdinger. You think you know Rumplestiltskin? Think again. Elizabeth Bunce refers to her work as “historical fantasy” and she’s dead-on. One of the main strengths of A C......more

Goodreads review by emma on May 21, 2021

not to brag or anything, but i distinctly remember reading this book for a school project at the age of 12 and hating it so much that it had a butterfly effect on every historical fiction book i'd read for the rest of time. and it was my own fault, because i picked it from the non-required section of......more

Goodreads review by Anne on December 02, 2020

I don't think I've ever read a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin before this. (view spoiler)[Apparently, I have. It's just my shit memory. (hide spoiler)] The bar is now set high. The setting is a mill run by Charlotte Miller. <--all the names are like that. Shearing is the name of the town where they shear sheep, Hart is the name of th......more

Goodreads review by Keertana on September 10, 2013

If you, like me, are hard-pressed to find truly chilling gothic fiction, then A Curse Dark as Gold is not one to pass up. As a re-telling of “Rumplestiltskin,” this novel is haunting, poetic, and – most importantly – whole. Out of all the fairy tales in the world, “Rumplestiltskin” is easily my leas......more

Goodreads review by Rose on January 26, 2009

I LOVED this book! Loved the way this retelling of Rumplestilskin was fit into a real setting, loved the way even despicable characters had their moments when we felt sorry for them, loved the magic and the mystery. I loved the words, too. I'm living in a non-English speaking country and sometimes I......more