The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales from the Old French (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Classic French Fairy Tales of Curses, Enchantment, Folklore, and Royal WonderBy Charles Perrault, Arthur Quiller-Couch
Length3h 28m
About this audiobook
The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales from the Old French gathers classic conte de fées in a form that reveals both their courtly refinement and their enduring folkloric power. Moving between enchantment, moral instruction, wit, peril, and wonder, the volume situates familiar tales within the literary culture of early modern France while preserving the oral rhythms and symbolic richness that made them international classics. Stories of cursed sleep, magical transformations, impossible tasks, and social reversals appear not merely as children's entertainment, but as sophisticated narratives of desire, danger, virtue, and fate. The collection brings together the legacy of Charles Perrault, whose seventeenth-century fairy tales helped define the European literary fairy-tale tradition, and Arthur Quiller-Couch, whose editorial and literary sensibility shaped English readers' access to older narrative forms. Their combined presence links salon culture, folklore, translation, and the revival of traditional storytelling, showing how French tales entered broader Anglophone literary consciousness. Readers seeking a rich introduction to the fairy-tale canon will find this volume especially rewarding. It offers a compact yet resonant encounter with multiple modes of fantasy, moral reflection, and narrative artistry, inviting comparison among tales and encouraging renewed attention to their historical depth and imaginative vitality.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (305)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon
GenreChildren's Literature
Length3 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
10CINDERELLA
2Introduction
11BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
3Historical Context
12THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
4Synopsis (Selection)
13BLUE BEARD
5CONTENT
14CINDERELLA OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER
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6PREFACE
15BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
7ILLUSTRATIONS
16Analysis
8THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
17Reflection
9BLUE BEARD
18Memorable Quotes
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