An edition of The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983)

Les Infortunes de la belle au bois dormant

1. L'Initiation

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An edition of The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983)

Les Infortunes de la belle au bois dormant

1. L'Initiation

  • 4.0 (14 ratings) ·
  • 320 Want to read
  • 20 Currently reading
  • 28 Have read

Lorsque le Prince éveille la belle au bois dormant, nous sommes une fois encore sous le charme de ce conte légendaire. Le Prince, conquis par l'exquise perfection de la Belle décide de la ramener dans son royaume... Mais ici, la jeune ingénue n'est libérée de la prison de son sommeil que pour devenir prisonnière - et servante - de l'amour.

A son arrivée au Palais de son nouveau maître, la Belle découvre avec effroi des coutumes inconnues : plusieurs dizaines de jeunes Princes et Princesses venus des royaumes vassaux, appelés les Tributs, assouvissent les désirs et les fantasmes de la Cour tout entière. Fessées au battoir d'or, caresses aux pétales de leurs et batifolages plus pervers ont de rigueur. Tout à son innocence, l'infortunée va être initiée à l'amour, dans le plaisir et la douleur.

Avec brio, élégance et drôlerie, Anne Rice a détourné cette histoire si morale en un conte érotique, où sous les soieries et le satin, dans l'odeur de l'encens et de roses, règnent les jeux cruels de la domination et de la soumission.
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Publisher
Robert Laffont
Language
French
Pages
286

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Cover of: Initiation
Initiation
2012-11, M. Lafon
Paperback in French
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El rapto de la Bella Durmiente
2011, Zeta Bolsillo
in Spanish - 1. ed.
Cover of: Les infortunes de la belle au bois dormant
Les infortunes de la belle au bois dormant: 1. L'initiation
2000-07, Robert Laffont
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Cover of: The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
1999 05, Plume
Paperback in English
Cover of: Les Infortunes de la belle au bois dormant
Les Infortunes de la belle au bois dormant: 1. L'Initiation
1997, Robert Laffont
Paperback in French
Cover of: The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
1983, Plume
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
1983, E. P. Dutton
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Edition Notes

Published in
Paris
Series
Les Infortunes de la belle au bois dormant, 1
Copyright Date
1997
Translation Of
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Translated From
English

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
285p.
Number of pages
286
Dimensions
8.9 x 5.1 x 1 inches
Weight
6.4 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL12459632M
Internet Archive
lesinfortunesdel0000rice_c2z8
ISBN 10
2221086198
ISBN 13
9782221086193
OCLC/WorldCat
937970598
Goodreads
57387562

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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 trilogy, Anne Rice, 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.
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The Prince had all his young life known the story of Sleeping Beauty, cursed to sleep for a hundred years, with her parents, the King and Queen, and all of the Court, after pricking her finger on a spindle.
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