Perrault’s version of Sleeping Beauty is quite different from versions popular today. When the king and queen fail to invite an elderly fairy to their daughter’s Christening, she arrives and curses ...

1. Versions of Sleeping Beauty have been published by both Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. Perrault called his heroine Aurora, while the Grimms' "Little Briar Rose" referred to their ...

And, ever cognizant of his audience, Perrault removed much of the more terrifying aspects of Basile’s account of “Sleeping Beauty.” For example, compare the two versions of the story.

Each fairy takes turns bestowing gifts of beauty and grace upon the princess until the old fairy declares that the child’s hand will be pierced by a spindle and that she will die of the wound. The ...

"The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. The Brothers Grimm's "Little Brier-Rose." Gail Carson Levine's "Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep." Even Frances Minters' "Sleepless Beauty" with its ...

In Charles Perrault's classic Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, a princess is cursed to sleep for 100 years, eventually waking to find a handsome prince at the ready, with marriage on offer and her ...

Sleeping Beauty, adapted from the Charles Perrault version of the fairy tale (and reportedly costing $6 million), is no surprise in its familiar outlines. It's the story of Princess Aurora ...

Sleeping Beauty—a castle that’s now filled with slightly creepy mannequins. During his day, Perrault was best known as one of the French court’s most artistic figures. He rubbed shoulders ...

Written for Charles Perrault’s four children, the “Tales” inspired countless composers, including Peter Tchaikovsky, whose 1890 ballet “Sleeping Beauty” became the foundation for the ...

Now she delights with her twisted “The Sleeping Beauty,” based on a 19th-century story by Charles Perrault. This film is no fairy tale for children. Not only does it contain nudity and sex ...