The Sleeping Beauty - Hardcover

The Brothers Grimm

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192795864 ISBN 13: 9780192795861

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1960

Synopsis

How is this book unique?

1. Font adjustments & biography included
2. Unabridged (100% Original content)
3. Illustrated

About Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault

"Sleeping Beauty" is a classic fairy tale written by Charles Perrault, which involves a beautiful princess, a sleeping enchantment, and a handsome prince. Plot: At the christening of a king and queen's long-wished-for child, seven good fairies are invited to be godmothers to the infant princess. The fairies attend the banquet at the palace. Each fairy is presented with a golden plate and drinking cups adorned with jewels. Soon after, an old fairy enters the palace and is seated with a plate of fine china and a crystal drinking glass. This old fairy is overlooked because she has been within a tower for many years and everyone had believed her to be deceased. Six of the other seven fairies then offer their gifts of beauty, wit, grace, dance, song, and goodness to the infant princess. The evil fairy is very angry about having been forgotten, and as her gift, enchants the infant princess so that she will one day prick her finger on a spindle of a spinning wheel and die. The seventh fairy, who hasn't yet given her gift, attempts to reverse the evil fairy's curse. However, she can only do so partially. Instead of dying, the Princess will fall into a deep sleep for 100 years and be awakened by a kiss from a king's son.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A princess has been sleeping for one hundred years--until a brave prince decides to break the spell. This classic story by the Brothers Grimm is one of the world's best-loved fairy tales.

About the Author:

PETE COSTANZA was an artist of the Golden Age. He drew numerous issues of Fawcett's 'Captain Marvel'. He was a longtime assistant to C.C. Beck. He contributed several comics to the legendary Classics Illustrated series. He contributed Fennimore Cooper's 'The Red Rover' (1953), Charles B. Hawes' 'The Mutineers' (1954), Kipling's 'Captain Courageous'. Costanza has also drawn for ACG (American Comics Group), such as 'Magicman', that appeared in the Forbidden Worlds comic book. He came to work at DC in 1966. There, he illustrated several 'Jimmy Olsen' stories. Peter Costanza retired in 1970.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
• Publication date: 1960
• ISBN 10: 0192795864
• ISBN 13: 9780192795861
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Illustrator: Felix Hoffmann