Before E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You , there was Anne Rice's New York Times best seller The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty In the traditional folktale of "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. It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. In the first book of the series, Anne Rice (author of Beauty's Kingdom ), writing as A.N. ...
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Before E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You , there was Anne Rice's New York Times best seller The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty In the traditional folktale of "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. It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. In the first book of the series, Anne Rice (author of Beauty's Kingdom ), writing as A.N. Roquelaure, retells the Beauty story and probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the Prince awakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the hundred years of enchantment is Beauty's complete and total enslavement to him . . . as Anne Rice explores the world of erotic yearning and fantasy in a classic that becomes, with her skillful pen, a compelling experience. Readers of Fifty Shades of Grey will indulge in Rice's deft storytelling and imaginative eroticism, a sure-to-be classic for years to come. "Articulate, baroque, and fashionably pornographic." -- Playboy "Something very special . . . at once so light and yet so haunting." -- The Advocate
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Like New in Like New jacket. First UK Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (£11.95 price intact). Published by Macdonald & Co., 1987. Octavo. Black cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Dust jacket is like new. A fine copy of the first book in Rice's pseudonymous Sleeping Beauty erotica series. ISBN: 0-356-14399-6. 253 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
if you have read 50 shades of grey before this...for warn you its nothing like it! I love both book series but if your not into the dominet and submissive this isn't for you at all...and this coming from a female who is a picky reader
dalila r
Apr 13, 2013
Godawful book
Don't waste your time! Worst read ever! An insult to the intelligence, not even entertaining and there is nothing lovable about this story.
LARC
Apr 29, 2010
Nope
Didn't read past page 4. Gave it away. Was a book club read. She's no longer in our book club. :-) Kidding. Way better books out there to read unless you're into this kind of stuff.
Coralie
Oct 8, 2009
Different from her usual faire.
Riveting yet very disturbing. Way off the wall. it truly takes three or more books to properly tell the story.
JKDinDallas
Jun 15, 2009
Did not care for it
I did not really care for this book. Too much violence and degradation. But, if you are into spanking and such, then you'll like this book.