Author(s): C. S. Evans
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 112
Publisher: Everyman
Language: English
Date Published: 1993-10-21
Dimensions: 158 x 204 x 12mm
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
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Illustrations: 1 Illustrations, unspecified

This most romantic of fairy tales is found in many versions, and the story of the beautiful girl who falls into a long sleep, to be awakened by a lover, has been interpreted by some as an allegory of the spring revival of the earth after a long winter. Charles Seddon Evans, a schoolmaster turned publisher, retold the story specially for Arthur Rackham, who illustrated it with silhouette drawing as a companion volume to CINDERELLA, both first published in 1919 and now reissued in Everyman's Library.