5/26/2023 0 Comments Sleeping Beauty by Mahlon F. Craft![]() Plot-wise, it's an abridgement of Madame de Beaumont's already abridged version, with very slight variations that don't negatively affect any of the key elements, straightforward and traditional, so you're not going to get any disagreeable surprises from the story itself. ![]() One of the most beautiful picture books of Beauty and the Beast I've ever seen, and it couldn't have been otherwise with K. KEY ELEMENT CHANGED: The family: there's only 3 daughters, no brothers. ![]() THE Rs: Both are more simplified than in the tale, there's a kiss. Pre-Raphaelite style, oil & watercolours on geso panels.ĬURSE: "A mischievous faerie" did it, the reason is implied. ![]()
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