A Curse Dark as Gold (44 page)

I've also found it fascinating that in "Rumpelstiltskin," the heroine is known only as "the miller's daughter" or "the queen," while Rumpelstiltskin's name becomes a magical talisman -- an object of power in and of itself. In a story about the potency of names, the heroine is anonymous.

Charlotte Miller's story began there.
This Book
was edited by Cheryl Klein and designed by Alison Klapthor. The text was set in Adobe Jenson Pro, a typeface designed by Robert Slimbach in the 1990s for Adobe, which was adapted from the original book typefaces designed by Nicolas Jenson in the 1470s. The display type was set in P22Michelangelo, designed by Denis Kegler and Richard Kegler at P22 type foundry in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The book was printed and bound at RR Donnelley in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

The production was supervised by Susan Jeffers Casel, and the manufacturing was supervised by Jaime Capifali.