The Sleeping Beauty by C S Evans
Sweet Dreams Briar-Rose!
The
tale of the sleeping princess awoken by her handsome prince is a well
known one. The precious child long sought after by a prosperous King and
Queen is finally delivered to the great joy and delight of the kingdom.
However disaster strikes when an offended fairy, not invited to the
christening through her own reclusiveness that caused others to forget
her existence, proceeds to curse the child to death on her fifteenth
birthday. Luckily another fairy was able to alter the curse so that not
death but sleep would befall the princess. And so a hundred years later
the sleeping princess was awoken by her prince and they all lived
happily ever after.
The Sleeping Beauty is a
classic story for so many reasons; it is a tale of caution, to not
offend powerful fairies or go wandering into locked towers. But more
than this it demonstrates that you cannot run from your fears but must
face the inevitable, come what may. A story that speaks to the romantic
in all of us, that true love is worth waiting for, even if it takes a
hundred years. Ultimately, though, it is about the curse of ignorance
and the power of knowledge, for if someone had thought to tell the poor
girl of her curse she might not have been so keen to use a spinning
wheel. A much beloved classic here retold that should be reread.
On sale: 02 November 1993
ISBN: 9780679428145
Recommended age: 6+
In a word: Sleeping Beauty
Re-read it: yes
Recommend: yes
Star rating: five out of five
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