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The Sleeping Beauty. Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s) Brothers Grimm. Fairy Tale Illustrator(s) Walter Crane Edward Henry Wehnert. Common Tale Type Sleeping Beauty. Tale Classification. ATU 410. Page Range of Tale pp. 9-12. Full Citation of Tale Brothers Grimm. "The Sleeping Beauty."
Sleeping Beauty. THERE were formerly a king and a queen, who were so sorry that they had no children;1 so sorry that it cannot be expressed. They went to all the waters in the world; vows, pilgrimages, all ways were tried, and all to no purpose. At last, however, the Queen had a daughter. There was a very fine christening;2 and the Princess had ...
"Sleeping Beauty" (French: La Belle au bois dormant "The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood") by Charles Perrault or "Little Briar Rose" (German: Dornröschen) by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairy tale written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, which involves a beautiful princess, a sleeping enchantment, and a handsome prince. The version collected by the Brothers Grimm was an orally ...
What is Sleeping Beauty? Sleeping Beauty is a traditional tale which has been passed down for many generations. Like all fairy tales, it contains elements of the supernatural, and its purpose is primarily to entertain, rather than to impart any moral message. The story of Sleeping Beauty is generally associated with the Brothers Grimm. However ...
Perrault’s version of the tale focuses more on the prince’s mother than on Sleeping Beauty. This translation of Perrault’s tale includes nine black and white illustrations. Except the scene of the fairies at the Christening which is a full page illustration, all of the images are smaller and embedded in the text of the tale.
Plot Summary. “Sleeping Beauty” is a fairy tale collected by the Brother’s Grimm from an oral tradition written down by Charles Perrault in 1687. This oral tradition dates as far back as the fourteenth century and tells the tale of a sleeping princess who is under the spell of enchantment. The story opens with the birth of a princess.
