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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Samantha Prescott, Corbin Steele
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From best-selling author Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquleaure, 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. Now Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the prince reawakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the 100 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.

©1983 A. N. Roquelaure (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers

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If you like spankings

This is a great book. Hard to stop listening. Gonna purchase the nect book now

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exceptional!

loved it ! Couldn't stop listening . reasders were great they sounded their parts perfect.

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would've preferred a reader with more sultry voice

I did enjoy this very much. It was tantalizing and seductive with a fair amount of edge.

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magnificent

as splendid as I remember. one of the best trilogies ever to be written.

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DIFFERENT

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

YES, THIS BOOK IS NOT IN MY TOO 10 BUT IT IS DEF WEIRD ENOUGH TO ENJOY

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My first S&M listen.

I have been tortured for real. It was no fun and not sexually arousing. I guess I just don't understand why others might feel it is. Perhaps because it is a fantasy. Well, obviously it was good to learn that what others may enjoy is not for me. I only hope that no one confuses their fantasy with the reality of the actual pain of human degradation.

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Never a dull moment

Anne Rice as always been one of my favorite authors. This book never had a dull moment. Not one!

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1980s erotica

Perhaps it is that we have become to sensationalized by the erotica of 50 shades of gray and other works by the likes of Zane or 21st century erotica, but this is my second time reading this novel and it falls short. Essentially it is a lot of weeping, sobbing, tears, and various forms of paddling. Yet there is no other type of of sex play or BDSM. The narrator is lackluster also.I do not expect a plot although one those come about in this trilogy… It is no longer a trilogy after 2015 since she does add to it… But the thing that and rice does well is imagery and create beautiful characters. However, her characters are one dimensional and flat. They are too beautiful and are not complex they are powerful they are brooding or in their thoughts but essentially these are stock card characters that come from any Harlequin romance novel. It does not matter if this is a Rodica or the vampire novels or, now that I think of it, her werewolf novels. So if you are just starting out with and rice that is fine you can fall in love but once you come back to her novels for the second or third time after a few years you then realize that you have matured past and rice.description

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I expected more

I must say, from Anne Rice I expected more. In spite of the introduction, I did not find this book titillating in the least. More than anything else it made me hate slavery even more. But I guess everyone has their fetish. Unfortunately I am a collector so I will most likely finish the series even though I don't like it.

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Not a fairy tale

Not sure I’m sold on this story line. Different for sure I picked this up because of recommendation. I don’t know how to feel about it, it definitely pulls emotions out of you.

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