Publisher's Synopsis
A nice edition of the two classics, The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, with 130 illustrations by Arthur Rackham from 100 years ago.
"The Sleeping Beauty" is a classic fairy tale about a princess who is cursed to sleep for a hundred years by an evil fairy, where she would be awakened by a handsome prince. When the good fairy hears this she knew that the princess would be frightened if she found herself alone when she wakes up, so the fairy uses her wand to put every living person and animal in the palace to sleep until the princess awakes.
"Cinderella" or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The protagonist is a young woman living in forsaken circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune. The story is well known for its mean stepsisters, carriage created from a pumpkin, and the Prince's search for the women that fits the glass slipper.
