Project Gutenberg 2008-05-12 Public domain in the USA. 534 Evans, C. S. (Charles Seddon) 1883 1944 Rackham, Arthur 1867 1939 The Sleeping Beauty Produced by Chris Curnow, Lindy Walsh, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Sleeping Beauty" by C. S. Evans is a classic fairy tale adapted from the traditional story, published in the early 20th century. This illustrated book brings to life the enchanting tale of a young princess named Briar-Rose, who is cursed by a spiteful fairy to fall into a deep sleep on her fifteenth birthday. The narrative centers around themes of love, fate, and the contrast between joy and sorrow, typical of fairy tales. The story begins with a king and queen who, after years of longing for a child, celebrate the birth of their beautiful daughter, Briar-Rose. During her christening, 12 fairy godmothers bestow gifts of beauty, wisdom, and grace upon her. However, the neglect of the thirteenth fairy leads to a grave curse: that Briar-Rose will prick her finger on a spindle and fall into a deep sleep. Despite the king's efforts to eliminate all spinning wheels, the prophecy unfolds as she encounters an old woman on her fifteenth birthday, leading to the enchanted sleep that lasts for a century. Ultimately, a brave prince finds the sleeping princess, awakens her with a kiss, and breaks the curse, leading to joy and celebration in the reawakened kingdom. The tale concludes with the promise of love and the intertwining of two destinies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fairy tales Folklore -- Germany PZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Other Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 118581 2025-06-10T12:44:36.883632 text/html 114309 2008-05-12T12:56:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1010218 2008-05-12T12:56:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1001123 2025-06-10T12:44:45.811571 application/epub+zip 1001324 2025-06-10T12:44:40.531601 application/epub+zip 190622 2025-06-10T12:44:37.910640 application/epub+zip 2260143 2025-06-10T12:44:48.609577 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1921835 2025-06-10T12:44:43.204612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142831 2022-09-12T04:14:00.851422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85964 2025-06-10T12:44:36.158614 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 85865 2008-05-12T12:56:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 32405 2008-05-12T12:56:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 85858 2008-05-12T12:56:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32373 2008-05-12T12:56:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21153 2025-06-10T12:44:48.779556 application/rdf+xml 29231 2025-06-10T12:44:37.998644 image/jpeg 4782 2025-06-10T12:44:37.953602 image/jpeg 1011907 2025-06-10T12:44:37.087642 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia