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Galatea [MultiFormat]
eBook by Laura Resnick
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eBook Category: Romance
eBook Description: A never-before-published paranormal romance novella by Laura Leone (aka Laura Resnick), author of Fallen From Grace and Fever Dreams. A Soho artist falls so deeply in love with his own sculpture that turning the piece into a flesh-and-blood woman becomes his greatest desir
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: Fictionwise, Inc., 2005
Fictionwise Release Date: April 2005
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [490 KB], eReader (PDB) [84 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [74 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [67 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [111 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [133 KB], hiebook (KML) [228 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [103 KB], iSilo (PDB) [61 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [77 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [105 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [101 KB]
Words: 22615
Reading time: 64-90 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
PROLOGUEOnce upon a time, there lived a gifted sculptor named Pygmalion. A handsome man, he was desired by many of the local maidens. But Pygmalion lived only through his art and had no interest in love or marriage. Among his many projects, he worked long and hard on a marble statue of a young woman. When the statue was finally complete, she was so beautiful, so perfect, that he fell in love with her. The maidens of the village laughed, for now they had their revenge on the sculptor who had rejected their affections. And Pygmalion, who was desperately in love with a lifeless statue, grew more and more unhappy with each day that passed. As was the annual custom, the people honored Aphrodite that season with a great festival, decorating their temples with the most beautiful flowers and making generous offerings of the sweetest fruits. And Aphrodite, the goddess of love, noticed the unhappy young sculptor who was unable to celebrate or enjoy human love. Taking pity on Pygmalion, Aphrodite breathed life into the statue, and transformed her from cold, inanimate stone into a warm, living woman of flesh and blood. Almost mad with joy, Pygmalion embraced his love, whom he named Galatea. They married, then, and lived happily ever after....
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