Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2008-05-12 Public domain in the USA. 295 Evans, C. S. (Charles Seddon) 1883 1944 Rackham, Arthur 1867 1939 The Sleeping Beauty Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. 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.) en Fairy tales Folklore -- Germany PZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Other 118463 118637 2024-10-11T05:26:15.149983 2023-09-11T08:39:57.238939 text/html 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 1001041 2024-10-11T05:26:23.735949 application/epub+zip 1001322 2024-10-11T05:26:18.647981 application/epub+zip 190610 2024-10-11T05:26:16.105969 application/epub+zip 2260181 2024-10-11T05:26:26.364937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1921853 2024-10-11T05:26:21.166968 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142831 2022-09-12T04:14:00.851422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85964 85861 2024-10-11T05:26:14.560977 2023-09-11T08:39:56.817932 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 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 22147 2024-10-11T05:26:26.507915 application/rdf+xml 29231 2024-10-11T05:26:16.185012 image/jpeg 4782 2024-10-11T05:26:16.148996 image/jpeg 1011870 2024-10-11T05:26:15.333988 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia