De Morgan, Mary
"The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde, and Other Stories" by Mary De Morgan is a collection of fairy tales published in 1880. The title story follows Princess Fiorimonde, a beautiful but wicked sorceress who uses dark magic to maintain her beauty. When her father demands she marry, Fiorimonde employs a witch's enchantment to transform her suitors into beads on a golden necklace. Her loyal maid Yolande and a determined friend named Gervaise must find a way to break her curse and free the imprisoned princes from her spell. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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