We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the story of "Sleeping Beauty", from the Lang’s "Blue Fairy Book" published in 1889. It is a classic fairy talea bout a princess who is cursed to sleep for a hundred years by an evil fairy, where she would be awakened by a handsome prince. To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus.

The earliest known version of the story is found in the narrative “Perceforest”, composed in the 14th century. "Perceforest" provides an original Genesis of the Arthurian World. 

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