Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose)
Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) by The Brothers Grimm (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm) is available here as the complete text, split into 99 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
An uninvited fairy curses the infant princess to prick her finger on a spindle at fifteen and sleep for a century.
Course Syllabus
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Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose)
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This edition of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) by The Brothers Grimm (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm) carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #25451, divided into 2 chapters and 99 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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The complete text of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #25451 and divided into 99 sections.
This page carries the whole of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) by The Brothers Grimm (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm), not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #25451, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 491 sentences across 2 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) divided for reading?
Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 99 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 2 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
Can I hear Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose)
Common questions about reading Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) by The Brothers Grimm (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm) on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose)?
Yes. All 491 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #25451 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #25451, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) take to read?
About 40 minutes of reading across 99 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) section by section
How to work through Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose) section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose)
Words and structures a reader meets early in Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose), each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Queen
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose); the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Unhappy
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose); the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Because
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose); the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Children
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar-Rose); the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.