Sleeping Beauty Trilogy Box Set by Anne Rice

Sleeping Beauty Trilogy Box Set: The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, The Punishment of Sleeping Beauty, The Release of Sleeping Beauty

This is an erotic trilogy penned by Anne Rice. 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. Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection of 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.

“Beauty's Release” continues the explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the castle. Sold at auction, she soon experiences the tantalizing punishments of "the village", as her education in love, cruelty, dominance, submission, and tenderness is turned over to the brazenly handsome Captain of the Guard.

In the final volume, “Beauty's Punishment” goes to an even darker side of sexuality making her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and prisoner in the exotic confines of the harem. As this adult fairy tale moves toward conclusion, all Beauty's encounters with the myriad variations of sexual fantasy are presented in sensuous prose that only a mistress of quality writing like Anne Rice could create.

A Fairy Godmother note about Beauty's Trilogy: These novels are dark. If you like Anne Rice's vampire novels, you'll like these too.

Number of Stories: 3 novels

Pages/Cover: 238-253 pages, Set of three paperbacks in hardcover slipcase

Book dimensions: 8.25” x 5.5”