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The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French

By: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Narrated by: Roe Kendall
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Quiller-Couch translates four French fairy tales into English, some of which are perennial favorites, witness Disney's animated rendering of Beauty and the Beast or Jean Cocteau's critically acclaimed film version of the tale. (It was written by Mme Gabrielle de Villeneuve, who died in 1755 and lives only by grace of this one of her several original romantic stories.) Other fairy tales included in this compilation are Charles Perrault's (1628-1703) The Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, and Cinderella.

Arthur Quiller-Couch had this to say regarding his translation of these tales: "My own share in this volume is, perhaps, less easily defended. I began by translating Perrault's tales, very nearly word for word; because to me his style has always seemed nearly perfect for its purpose; and the essence of 'style' in writing is propriety to its purpose."

(P)1999 Blackstone Audiobooks Collections & Anthologies Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
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Beautiful retelling. Tells the old version and original telling of the stories. My favourite is Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper.

Beautiful retelling of Old Fairy Tales

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Great! Would highly recommend.........It reigned supreme, and would have lived to hear much more!

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Lesser-known versions of old favorites, nicely narrated, and thought-provoking as well. Still sexist & misogynistic and far from their origins (read The Heroine With 1001 Faces by Maria Tatar), but for what they are, a nice listen.

Nice to hear a less Disneyfied version

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