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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780452281424 ISBN: 0452281423 Label: Plume Manufacturer: Plume Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: May 01, 1999 Publisher: Plume Sales Rank: 4179 Studio: Plume Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Rice writing as A. N. Roquelaure. In the traditional folk tale 'Sleeping Beauty,' the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Beauty meets her "Prince"In this tale of Sleeping Beauty, I was shocked at even the first couple of chapters. I have had, as many little have had, the story of Sleeping Beauty engrained in my brain. Young Beauty touched a spindle only to fall asleep until her true Prince awakes her with a kiss. Oh well The Prince did awaken Beauty with a not so gentle nudge. At the beginning, I didn't know whether to love or hate The Prince. I was so confused, and I don't know whether it was because it was engrained in ... Read More Rating:  - The Claiming of Sleeping BeautyI was not impressed and will not be reading the other two books in the series. Rating:  - So disappointed in Anne Rice.I read some of the bad reviews before I purchased this book. I realized some people claimed this book was nothing but generic porn, but considering it was written by Anne Rice, I thought the book must have some redeeming qualities. I was wrong. Anne Rice took a beautiful fairytale and turned it into a grotesque display of homo/heterosexual brutality. I almost feel embarassed for Mrs Rice and wonder what drove her to write such complete and utter drivel. Spankings, spankings and more spankings! Black, ... Read More Rating: - Interesting..The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty Well unlike some of the reviews that I have read for this series, I find that Anne Rice's depiction of Sleeping Beauty to be interesting. The entire series (which I have read all 3 books thank you) is set to go beyond what we would percieve as torture. It tests the bounries of what a human body and mind can handle. If you can not be open minding to that then I suggestive not to read this series then. It is not ment to be set to what others think is okay ... Read More Rating:  - Totally awesome!!!!!this story is really fun it gives you different perception of what's lust and true love means.... anne rice is so good!!!!! i hope everyone will like it. |
