JLE#45: Reading Notes for Zelinda and Monster, Part A

 Reading Notes

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Story source: Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Frederick Crane (1885).
 Zelinda and the Monster 


I enjoyed this story because it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the tale.  I was completely caught off guard that the monster was a man and required the consent of marriage from a woman to be turned back to normal.  I think there is something in my new story I could write about that is similar to the monster turning into a man.  I like twists like that in stories because usually it is not to be expected by the audience.  I may even spend a little more time on describing the palace they entered.  Possibly changing it to an underwater palace or somewhere else reclusive like up in the mountains.  


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