Colored illustration of Sleeping Beauty in the bed

"The Sleeping Beauty." The Allies’ Fairy Book, Intro. by Edmund Gosse London: William Heinemann, 1916, pp. 52-65.

Tale Summary This tale follows the plot of Charles Perrault’s version, with Sleeping Beauty cursed by an evil fairy who had not been invited to her christening. Awoken by the prince, Sleeping Beauty marries him and bears him two children. The prince’s mother, an ogress, wishes to devour Beauty and...