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Shop nowThe Beast and the Bethany
Narrator
Barnaby Edwards
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Length
4 hours 33 minutes
Language
English
Bookseller recommendation
“As one of my coworkers so aptly put it, Ebenezer Tweezer is an absolute twit. He’s what would happen if Lemony Snicket impersonated Stephen Fry. He’s like Dorian Gray but hilariously worse. I blew through the audiobook for this one and couldn’t stop laughing all the way through. This is the absurdly British spot of sunshine – or talkative grey smudge on the sole of my shoe – that I need in my life.”
— Kvothe • Rediscovered Books
Bookseller recommendation
“Nostalgic Roald Dahl feelings are impossible to ignore in this snarky adventure where the adults are awful and there are lessons in humanity in every chapter. An insatiable beast, an everlasting Ebanezer who feeds him, and a child that breaks this partnership wide open. Great narration and a fantastic story!”
— Nichole • The Yankee Bookshop
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“For fans of the dark wonder of Coraline, The Beast and the Bethany tackles some of the harder aspects of selfishness and family—and how we must discard the former to embrace the latter. The narration is fun and lowers the listener's defenses, only to sucker-punch you when you least expect it.”
— Jenny • Page 158 Books
Lemony Snicket meets Roald Dahl in this “wickedly funny” (James Ponti, New York Times bestselling author), deliciously macabre, and highly illustrated tale of a hungry beast, a vain immortal man, and a not-so-charming little girl who doesn’t know she’s about to be eaten.
Beauty comes at a price. And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, who has stayed beautiful for 511 years. How, you may wonder? Ebenezer simply has to feed the beast in the attic of his mansion. In return for meals of performing monkeys, statues of Winston Churchill, and the occasional cactus, Ebenezer gets potions that keep him young and beautiful, as well as other presents.
But the beast grows ever greedier with each meal, and one day he announces that he’d like to eat a nice, juicy child next. Ebenezer has never done anything quite this terrible to hold onto his wonderful life. Still, he finds the absolutely snottiest, naughtiest, and most frankly unpleasant child he can and prepares to feed her to the beast.
The child, Bethany, may just be more than Ebenezer bargained for. She’s certainly a really rather rude houseguest, but Ebenezer still finds himself wishing she didn’t have to be gobbled up after all. Could it be Bethany is less meal-worthy and more…friend-worthy?
Jack Meggitt-Phillips is an author, scriptwriter, and playwright whose work has been performed at The Roundhouse and featured on Radio 4. He is scriptwriter and presenter of The History of Advertising podcast. In his mind, Jack is an enormously talented ballroom dancer, however his enthusiasm far surpasses his actual talent. Jack lives in north London where he spends most of his time drinking peculiar teas and reading P.G. Wodehouse novels.
