Riddley Walker

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Kind of a disappointment considering the other reviews about it.

Interesting concept, shame about the story

A Wonderful Break from the "Real World'" of 2007

A unique apocalypse tale of both past and future

RIDDLEY WASTE OF TIME

Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban
Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
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Kind of a disappointment considering the other reviews about it........2007-08-21

This book is supposed to be what a post nuclear Briton is like after a couple hundred years. I couldn't really get into it. The author decided to go with the premise that the English language would changed dramatically. It's kind of like how Clockwork Orange is where there are lots of terms that are made up that are supposed to mean something. Some people get into that kind of thing, I just couldn't. That kind of makes or breaks the book, so if you didn't like Clockwork Orange for that reason, don't buy it.

Interesting concept, shame about the story.......2007-08-20

After seeing some great reviews, I decided to check out this book. The story is told in first person perspective in a post-apocalyptic broken English, which is loosely reminiscent of "A Clockwork Orange", although I have to say it was just not as compelling a story. Along with the broken English you have to decipher the new societies allusions and slang, which I thought would be challenging, but about half-way through it comes to feel trite and worn-out.

I have to admit I have a thing for a good post-apocalyptic/apocalyptic stories: "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", "I Am Legend", "A Canticle for Leibowitz", Asimov's Foundation series, "Nightfall" etc... My most recent read before this book was "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood and it was such a great story that it left me yearning for more of the same. Unfortunately, "Riddley Walker" falls short of being as creative or as captivating. There are some really great ideas in the story but the carry through does not materialize. In a way it felt like it was a too long short story or a not long enough novel. After getting 3/4 through the book I was counting the pages left and was impatient to finish and move on to greener fields.

"Riddley Walker" is an okay book with some really great ideas and concepts. I was not very impressed with the book but clearly many others are and so it may be worth a shot for you, it is relatively short so if you find yourself getting bored the pain won't last too much longer and by then you will be used to writing as well. Honestly, it was not a horrible and there were many enjoyable spots, it just does not live up to the hype and there are many books out there which are better reads. I would suggest "Oryx and Crake" as a good substitute.

A Wonderful Break from the "Real World'" of 2007.......2007-06-02

I've been researching quite a bit on a very dismal subject, so when I am about to scream and throw things regarding what I'm learning about this world in 2007 and what the people are in 2007 are capable of, I reached for my beloved Riddley Walker and am transported, like Gulliver.

I first read Hoban's masterpiece about three years ago, was blown away, instantly in love with this new yet fairly easily discernable language. I tried giving copies to one of my children, who happens to be a linguist (maybe that's why she rebelled against learning yet another accursed language, her life was very busy as it was, no time for the concentration the first reading requires.) I gave it to a young friend in her late 20's, she couldn't handle it, even after I went on the web and got her a crib sheet - she hated it. She would not allow herself the time to pick up the rhythm of the story and the language, instead concentrating on the difficulty of understanding passages, even when I was available to supply context for her. It was a very interesting experiment on how someone innately bright, a voracious reader, can reject something that strays too far from the ordinary. Maybe the problem is even a lack of concentration, a short attention span, too short for this book, too short for Riddley's language and story.

I love it, though, and that's all that matters to me. I'm finding the rereading is perhaps even better than the initial read. Hoban is a genius at his language, at his very sharp take on society in any time period and in the richness of his characters.

With my upsetting research in full gear, when I reach my mental limit, I reach for Riddley Walker. I am savoring the immediate change of pace, of language, of world. Granted, this is a post apocalyptic novel and should therefore be depressing, yet it is not. It is full of hope and full of grace, though set in a dark spot of the future. I'm reading it slowly, this time rolling the words around my tongue, rolling the language through my brain.

Thanks for the rescue from the misery of my 2007 project, Russell, and thank you for your warm, funny, sad and hopeful telling of a future in a language that is full of beauty and logic. I know that as with my beloved Heinleins, I'll visit Riddley again and again. Riddley's life may be very different from that of Woodrow Wilson Smith, far shorter and perhaps more brutish than that of Lazarus Long, yet these characters have earned a place in my heart. I think there can be no higher praise for an author, than when a character becomes familiar and beloved to the reader, a part of our inner lives, someone we will never forget.

A unique apocalypse tale of both past and future.......2007-02-21

I'm not going to make any outstanding notations or references to other classics in regards to 'Riddley Walker', I'll simply say that this is one of the most unique apocalypse books I've ever read, with a charm all it's own. For the average reader, the format is going to be difficult to get into. For me, it helped to read the Afterward, Notes, and Glossary before finishing the book, because the author's notes were quite helpful in understanding the "Riddley Speak". Author Hoban notes, "Technically it (the prose style) works well with the story because it slows the reader down to Riddley's rate of comprehension."

Long after the bombs have fallen and ruined the earth, people live clustered on small farms without electricity or technology, telling stories of the "1 Big 1" and how Mr. Clevver bombed the world. A traveling puppet show moves from farm to farm, telling the story of 'Eusa' and his involvement with the Shining Man (Addom) and Mr. Clevver.

Riddley loses his father in a digging accident, and is marked to take his father's place as the farm's "connection man", making connections to the stories told by the "Goodparley". Riddley becomes "dog friendly" and releases a blind man trapped in a hole ('The Lissener'), and winds out traveling from farm to farm wondering what his purpose and/or fate will be now that he's a man. He finds some 'Salt 4' (sulfur) in a man's pocket and discovers many folk are looking for this magical 'yellerstone', but doesn't understand their desire to have it. The story isn't about a dark as so much as a new age, belonging to both past and future at the same time.

The tale isn't one of beginnings and endings, its about Riddley's journey and discoveries and becoming a man. I recommend no distractions such as radio or TV when reading, it takes time to phonetically slide into the 'Riddley Speak'. The story takes a little time to unfold also, but definitely stick with it. Personally, I think it would have been a fine book even without the 'Riddley Speak'. I fear the prose may hold off a greater audience than it draws.

If you love apocalypse books, don't miss out on this unique and uniquely told tale. Enjoy!

RIDDLEY WASTE OF TIME.......2006-09-11

I'm very glad that the more literate types exult over this book. I was not impressed. Full disclosure: I've been reading all sorts of speculative fiction for over 45 years, and I've gotten pretty picky, and perhaps more than a little snobbish.

Riddley Walker, an uber-precocious 12-year old, wanders around southeastern England roughly 4400 A.D. In Riddley's world, they scorn A.D. as "all done," and have reached 2347 O.C. ("our count") after the nuclear war and the Bad Times. I can well imagine that Anthony Burgess enjoyed surfing on Riddley's broken English narration, some of which is quite amusing ("curse roads" for cross roads). If you read it out loud, Hoban's work is nowhere near as difficult as "A Clockwork Orange." The book reminds me more of Edgar Pangborn's "Davey," which was also a much-praised post-apocalypse novel, but in the course of which nothing much happened. It does bug me just a little bit that they don't know how to say "Canterbury" any more, but refer to the various "tracks" they travel by the common, modern highway numbers, like the A20.

Make no mistake: for the most part, Mr. Hoban imagines this world in breadth and in depth. If you're looking for that sort of atmosphere, you've come to the right place. If you're looking to build to a meaningful climax, though, you will perhaps be as disappointed as I was.

In the fullness of this story, two things of old are revived. Mr. Punch is reborn, though "Punch and Judy" is now "Punch and Pooty," Pooty being a lascivious pig. Despite some serious miscalculations, it also seems that gunpower is about to be rediscovered. On that score, I would refer anyone to H. Beam Piper's "Gunpowder God," aka "Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen."

I started this novel once, years ago, and threw it aside. This time I plowed through the whole thing, and wound up feeling I'd wasted my time. So, what's your opinion?

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Riddley Walker.(Review) (book review): An article from: Utopian Studies

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Riddley Walker.(Review) (book review): An article from: Utopian Studies
Peter Ruppert
Manufacturer: Society for Utopian Studies
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Title: Riddley Walker.(Review) (book review)
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Publication: Utopian Studies (Refereed)
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Holocaust as symbol in Riddley Walker and The white hotel

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Holocaust as symbol in Riddley Walker and The white hotel
Ronald Granofsky
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Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban
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Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban
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Dear Reader,

I'd been prowling the crumbling ruins of Castle Weyrcraig for so long that I could no longer remember if I was man or beast. Then one stormy night the superstitious Highlanders of Ballybliss decided to leave a helpless virgin bound to a stake in the castle courtyard to satisfy my insatiable appetites.

My demands might strike terror in the hearts of men, but this bold beauty dared to defy me. After she informed me that she didn't believe in dragons, I had no choice but to make her my prisoner—or risk being exposed to those I had sought to deceive with my dangerous masquerade.

Soon I found myself stealing into the moonlit tower just to watch her sleep. Little does she know that beneath this beast's gruff exterior beats the passionate heart of a man. Gwendolyn Wilder may not believe in dragons, but I intend to use all my sensual wiles to teach her to believe in something even more magical—true love.

Eternally yours,

The Dragon of Weyrcraig

Customer Reviews:

Hey.......2007-07-14

Though the book is well written but I found that the story is rather mundane. A village girl is sacrificed to a dragon who isn't a dragon at all, just a man thought long dead, a man that she happens to have had a crush on and they live happily ever after. There were no surprises and I just found the book lacking what the coverlet described. Sorry.

For Teenagers.......2007-07-12

After reading the first 100 pages of this book, I came to the conclusion this book was written for teenagers,and young teenagers at that, and am mystified by all of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

An unexpected treat!.......2007-07-10

I was browsing the shelves at my library looking for a fun, summer read and found this one! It was wonderful! I couldn't put it down until I finished it at 3:30 the next morning, and I have to say that I was disappointed that I finished it so quickly. Medeiros is a new writer to me and I have now started searching out her other work. She is such a talent in the vein of Deveraux. She gives her characters intelligence that are reflected in their sometimes unexpected reactions to situations. I've read plenty of romances and when one comes along that sends my usual expectations into a spiral, I am thrilled.

Annoying, boring and weak male characterization.......2007-06-02

My second Teresa Medeiros novel THE BRIDE AND THE BEAST follows a thoroughly entertaining find, CHARMING THE PRINCE. Unlike CHARMING THE PRINCE however, I didn't enjoy THE BRIDE AND THE BEAST at all; in fact, I hated it, and its admirable attempts at humor and vivid settings missed the mark by a wide margin. I found THE BRIDE AND THE BEAST a rather annoying look at outward appearances, highlighting a woman's insecurities about her plump, chubby bearing, something the townsfolk view as fat, and yet predictably, something our well-muscled, handsome hero views as generously curved.

When I wasn't annoyed by the novel, I was bored by the rest of it. The bulk of the middle portions, a good 150-200 pages, was insanely boring, especially after the town folk offer the heroine to the Dragon. There's nothing going on there. Nothing at all.

The ending crosses its t's and dots its i's in an out-and-out heroine-taming-the-tortured-soul routine. Fifteen years of biding his time for revenge dissipates like it never existed, watching his parents murdered, now an entirely forgettable experience in the face of the heroine's uncompromising wishes. The taming in question involves more of an emasculation than anything else. When an old woman (Izzy) holds an ax to him towards the end threatening he marry the heroine before taking her, like a gentleman he happily consents. In all matters, there's no real male character here, he bequeathes everything about him, and I mean everything to the wishes and whims of others. Among books I've read, BRIDE AND THE BEAST's hero Bernard now ties PRICE OF PLEASURE's Grant in the dubious honor as the weakest and most annoying feminine "hero" I've ever read.

Although we can't see our hero's face in the beginning, it's clear he's muscled, and I found his lusting over our heroine's ample and plump assets very annoying. Whether it's town folk ridiculing her corpulence or her own self-deprecating referrals to her portliness, we're reminded again and again of the insecurities of our heroine's appearance.

These reminders about our heroine's insecurities I don't have so much of a problem with.

I do have a problem with a chiseled, handsome guy =instantly= and incessantly lusting after a rather plump woman, while bearing the brunt of her rather "witty" and condemning expletives, and enjoying it. There's no natural progression to this unfathomable lust on the hero's part at all, it's instant. And he gaily accepts her barbs all the while! I understand the book reads more as a fairy tale than anything else, but I just couldn't get past this intense and immediate lusting on the hero's part. It required too much of a suspension of disbelief.

As much we like to deny it, appearance forms the foundation of an attraction and cements it, but you'd never know from this novel. There's a reason why a vast majority of romance heroes are tall, dark and handsome, right? Our hero certainly fits the requisite appearance stereotype in romance novels: tall, broad-shouldered, chiseled, dark and handsome. Appearances matter!

When our plump heroine mistakes our hero's friend Theodore Tuppingham (Tupper) as the Dragon, she scoffs at Tupper's wide girth, heavy belly and balding hairline, finding him unworthy. So it's disparaging and insulting when the heroine is viewed as such, but perfectly okay when the heroine views another guy as such? Nothing better than the pot calling the kettle black.

After our hero's friend Theodore Tuppingham chances on the disheveled dishabille of our heroine's younger sister Kitty, Tupper instantly lusts after Kitty as well. Again, this secondary and meaningless pairing represents another play on appearances, just switch the genders. I should have known only a secondary pairing would allow a plump man paired with a beautiful woman. In this case, our under-average looking Tupper finds Kitty irresistible, even though Kitty's disheveled clothes clearly betrays a recent tryst. Any normal guy -- even one ample-girthed - would find such an compromising condition on a woman a huge turn-off considering another man's scent and marks in obvious display on the woman. Not Tupper though, he's flattered Kitty mistakes him as the Dragon as well, and he delicately kisses Kitty's hand. Yuck, don't want to know where that hand has just been! At least let her wash first ha!

As much I enjoyed Medeiros' twist on a classic fairy tale in CHARMING THE PRINCE, I'm loathe to try her other two books I've blindly checked out from the library. Especially after reading this horrible novel. Certainly, CHARMING THE PRINCE's hero was altogether forgettable, but at least he wasn't so bad, so annoying, so emasculated.. as BRIDE AND THE BEAST's Bernard.

The Story, SPOILERS.

Town folk offer portly but virginal Gwendolyn Wilder to a dragon beast preying on them in hopes of appeasing him and lifting a curse which alludes to innocence offered in blood. The town folk, infinitely too smart for their own good, presume the virginal blood of our plump heroine Gwendolyn will satisfy the curse. The Dragon Bernard MacCullough didn't ask for a human sacrifice though, he was looking for someone to come forward with the gold they earned as repayment for betraying the MacCullough laird 15 years ago and causing the deaths of his mother and father. He wanted revenge.

Our tall, dark and handsome Bernard is instantly smitten with lust for Gwendolyn's plump body. How? Why? Huh? Whatever, you got me. The book devolves at this point into a series of boring encounters between our leading pair as Bernard holds Gwendolyn as his prisoner in his decrepit castle. Bernard is very noble for a beastly dragon though, never taking advantage of her and then just letting her be, giving her the opportunity to escape.

After the town folk discover that the dragon preying on them isn't really a true dragon, they arrive with torches and weapons ready to kill. Then they discover the true identity of the mysterious Dragon, and Gwendolyn deeply resents Bernard for it. She acts like a spoiled brat just because he didn't tell her who he really was from the beginning and pouts for 3 months over it, gaining some more weight in the process. I didn't understand the behavior and the explanation for it seemed nonsensical.

But such is the story focused on taming the hero. When will authors realize that revenge plots are much more interesting than the weak saving-the-hero's-tortured-soul routine? I'd like to see a romance novel heroine actually help a hero's revenge plot for once. Just once. Would make for an interesting twist in and of itself, and would be so nice to see the leading pair working with each other for a change.

The end quickly turns into a desiccation of the hero's will and personality. He submits, cowers (against Izzy), and hops, skips and jumps into the arms of our heroine. Nothing is left of the hero even remotely worth mentioning or admiring. And I mean nothing. This isn't saving a soul so much as it is stripping the soul from our hero.

3.5, OK For a "Dragon" Story.......2007-05-17

This is another one of the odd stories. This book focuses on a "dragon". I didn't really like it very much. Seemed a little too stange. I didn't like the characters.

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A great 2 book saga if Welfonder
Revisiting Marmaduke
Finally! The sequel to "Devil In A Kilt!" Sir Marmaduke Strongbow's story....
Welfonder's series, 4.5
A Breathtaking Sensual Tale Of Love That Conquers All!

Bride of the Beast
Sue-Ellen Welfonder
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Winner of The Historical Romance Club's Historical Romance of the Year for 2003.A 2003 Top Ten Read at MyShelf.com

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A great 2 book saga if Welfonder.......2007-07-04

I just finished this book and it is a terrific second book saga of the MacKenzie clan that Sue-Ellen wrote, continued from "Devil in a Kilt". This is a 3 book saga that consists of (Devil in a Kilt, Bride of the Beast, then A Knight is Coming), I have just order the last book and look forward to finishing this particular epic. It takes you back to some of the characters of both these books. Sounds Great!!

This also leads into another saga that will include some of the people of this first 3 book saga, the first one is "Devil in my Bed", second one is "Master of the Highlanders" (I think) and the third is "A wedding for (somebody) I am sorry I can not remember some parts of the titles, but once you are on the pages for the others, you will be able to check out the correct names.

Sue-Ellen Welfonder only writes about Scotland which is wonderful if you like to read historical Scottish romances. I d hope this is helpful to you, good reading!!

Revisiting Marmaduke.......2006-01-04

I just finished rereading Marmaduke and Caterine's story. I fell in love with Marmaduke in Devil In A Kilt and he continues to be my favorite hero of Sue-Ellen's books. She never fails to transport me to a different time and place with her writing. I am there in every book, feeling the wind blow, smelling the peat burn, hearing the sounds and feeling the emotions of the characters as they find their hearts. In Bride Of The Beast, Sue-Ellen has taken two very scarred people (both physically and emotionally) and given them a story that grabbed my heart so profoundly that I picked it up for a second read. I urge you to read this book and be swept away to the highlands and a love story that will grasp you from beginning to end. If you are looking for an author who writes so eloquently about a place that you feel as if you can actually reach out and touch the sights, sounds and smells, and who gives you more than just dialogue but also the emotions the characters feel from deep within, so you come to KNOW the characters deeply, then Sue-Ellen is your author! Her hard work and heart felt emotions about the place and characters she writes about comes alive in the pages of her books.

Finally! The sequel to "Devil In A Kilt!" Sir Marmaduke Strongbow's story...........2005-11-22

This is by far my favorite Welfonder novel. I fell in love with Sir Marmaduke Strongbow in "Devil in a Kilt." Sir Marmaduke is a horribly scarred, disfigured warrior with a beautiful heart longing to love again. Lady Caterine Keith, Linnet's sister btw, is a twice-widowed lady in need of a champion. Linnet and Duncan put her plight before Sir Marmaduke, and he cannot refuse to ride to her aid. Unknown to him, Lady Caterine hates Englishmen...and he is an Englishman...a dastardly Sassenach. Though English by birth, his heart beats for Scotland, and he determines he will slay the "dragons" in his lady's heart one by one and win her for himself. This is a beautiful story for a true hero with a beautiful heart. This is one that I couldn't put down after beginning to read it.

Welfonder's series, 4.5.......2005-06-30

I really enjoyed getting lost in all of Welfonder's stories in this series. Her characters are Dynamic and will definitely stay with you. Different plots drive all of the stories and there were some extremely memorable scenes. I can't wait till her next one.

A couple of things were annoying though. For one thing, these hero's thoughts don't stray far from their "Phallus." Which did make for frequent sexual situations, thus one of the reasons we all love the genre, so I'm not so sure I'm complaining. And secondly, I started to "skim" parts of the book (which I NEVER do). It's just that I found myself frequently at points where, for instance, the heroine will say something and then it's 12 paragraphs of anything the hero could possibly be thinking or feeling till he responds to her. Or five paragraphs in the middle of the conversation to describe how the shutters are rattling against the windows! And unfortunately, I'm not exaggerating.

Having said that, I will still buy and devour anything and everything by this author. And would definitely recommend this series to be enjoyed mostly if read in order. Her first book is 1) Devil in a Kilt, then read 2) Bride of the Beast, then 3) Only for a Knight. And The MacLean Trilogy order is: 1) Knight in My Bed, 2) Master of the Highlands, and then 3) Wedding for a Knight.

So you know where my tastes lie: For the absolute best in Highland romance I would recommend Julie Garwood's "The Bride," "The Wedding," "The Secret," "Ransom," and "Saving Grace." Karen Marie Moning, and Marsha Canham. For Medieval: Garwood's "The Prize," "Honor's Splendor," & "Gentle Warrior." Also Amanda Quick's "Mystique," "Desire," & anything by Kinley Macgregor a.k.a. Sherrilyn Kenyon.

A Breathtaking Sensual Tale Of Love That Conquers All!.......2005-04-11

Sir Marmaduke Strongbow, what endears this character of this Scottish tale
of love to us, is his scar marring his noble features. The scar runs from his eye to
the corner of his mouth. This makes his one eye appear blind, though the eye
really is gone. This gives Maramduke a grimacing, if not scary appearance, at
times. He received his scar in a rage induced sword fight with Duncan MacKenzie's
evil half brother, who poisoned Marmaduke's wife (Duncan MacKenzie's sister),
killing her. Marmaduke is now asked by Lady Linnet MacKenzie, sister to Lady
Caterine Keith to become Caterine`s champion and pretend to be her husband.

Lady Caterine Keith whose husband was murdered, and she violently raped
repeatedly by a group of English warriors. Caterine now can not stand the sound,
much less the sight, of any Englishman. Because Caterine is without a husband,
the hatefully Sir Hugh is trying to step-in and force her hand in marriage. This
is why Sir Marmaduke must become her champion. With both their troubled
pasts, they will struggle to overcome their demons and mistrust to find that love
desired, is found.

You will fall in love with the charming silver-tongued devil, in more ways than one,
*Wink*. His courage and honor is second to none.

You will find yourself routing for this scarred brute of a man, with each turn of
a page that is... BRIDE OF THE BEAST...

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The Bride and the Beast (Large Print)

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Large Print edition of the wonderful story "The Bride & The Beast" -- As the only virgin left in the Highland village of Ballybliss, Gwendolyn Wilder finds herself being sent off as a sacrificial offering to the legendary Dragon of Weyrcraig and ends up winning his heart instead in this light, creative version of the classic Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. An outspoken, irreverent, and somewhat overweight heroine; a wounded, noble hero; and an ample supply of lively, whimsical humor and excellent writing make Medeiros's first hardcover romance a debut to remember. Medeiros (Charming the Prince) is a popular writer of light, humorous historical romances and lives in Hopkinsville, KY. --

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An historical interpretation of Revelation covering the church age from the ascension of Christ to the present day. Amillennial in viewpoint, this book examines other millennial ideas as well. This book examines the historical identities of the Beast, the Dragon, Babylon, the true church, the Bride, the Papacy, the antichrist, millennium.

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The Bride and the Beast
Teresa Medeiros
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The brooding Lord Bernard MacCullough spends all of his time in his decrepit castle, trying to figure out who it was who betrayed his father to his political enemies. To prevent interruption by pesky villagers, Bernard perpetrates a rumor that he is, in fact, a dragon. The gullible villagers respond by sacrificing a virgin, beautiful young Gwendolyn, to Bernard. They tie her up and leave her near the castle to be eaten. When Bernard finds her, he realizes he must keep her captive, lest the villagers discover the truth about his ruse. Romance soon blossoms, of course.

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