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While Beauty Slept reimagines the familiar tale of Sleeping Beauty through a Gothic lens, delving into the myth’s origins and the moral struggles of its characters. The novel maintains the core motifs of princesses and enchantment while introducing the complexities of good versus evil and the roles of household employees in a romantic, gothic setting.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy
Authors: Elizabeth Canning Blackwell
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