Galatea /
Miller, Madeline,
Galatea / Madeline Miller. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022. - 56 pages ; 16 cm.
"A short story"--Cover. First published as an ebook in Great Britain: 2013.
In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece - the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen - the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost.
9781526652065 1526652064
Galatea, (Nereid)
Pygmalion, (Mythological character) --Fiction.
Galatea, (Nereid) --Fiction.
Galatea, statue brought to life (Greek mythology)--Fiction.
Sculptors--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction
Fiction.
813.6
Galatea / Madeline Miller. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022. - 56 pages ; 16 cm.
"A short story"--Cover. First published as an ebook in Great Britain: 2013.
In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece - the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen - the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost.
9781526652065 1526652064
Galatea, (Nereid)
Pygmalion, (Mythological character) --Fiction.
Galatea, (Nereid) --Fiction.
Galatea, statue brought to life (Greek mythology)--Fiction.
Sculptors--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction
Fiction.
813.6
