The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Samantha Prescott
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Corbin Steele
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Written by:
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Anne Rice
About this listen
From best-selling author Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquleaure, 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. It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. Now Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the prince reawakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the 100 years of enchantment is Beauty's complete and total enslavement to him…as Anne Rice explores the world of erotic yearning and fantasy in a classic that becomes, with her skillful pen, a compelling experience.
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- Abridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 3
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- Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 18
O is a young, beautiful fashion photographer in Paris. One day her lover, René, takes her to a château, where she is enslaved, with René's approval, and systematically sexually assaulted by various other men. Later, René turns O over to Sir Stephen, an English friend who intensifies the brutality. But the final humiliation is yet to come.
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Spoilers in preface, no story arch, flat ending.
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Interview with the Vampire
- Written by: Anne Rice
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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- Amy
- 2019-03-05
if you're into BDSM...
way too slave-ish for my taste.. I couldn't finish it. There was too much punishment and slavery and it was very uncomfortable.
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- Teresa B
- 2020-01-28
love this series
I read these before Ann Rice was even known. loved it then, still love it now.
Fantasy erotica, narrated well, and clearly.
Recommend.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-04-19
Not my cup of tea
If you are into spanking, you will love this book. Unfortunately, the spanking did nothing for me, and the plot and character development was insufficient to keep me interested.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Melanie coghill
- 2020-12-16
terrible
as a woman i refuse to listen to something degrading like this this shocked me
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- Anonymous User
- 2024-05-18
simply bad
It's not even spicy, it's just pure senseless torture. The narration is monotonous and boring. don't read, even if the whole world says it's good
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- Khrystyne MP
- 2020-04-07
Wow!
Very engaging and erotic story. Looking to next forward to the next book in the series.
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- Karen Elliott
- 2022-10-09
not a fan of the language
with all the creative ways to refer to genitalia, why would you use his/her sex?? couldn't get past that.
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- Stephen Nordquist
- 2020-02-10
Written for Women, soft core BDSM
Being a Dude , it’s not for me. This is very soft core fantasy porn , written for women of all ages to masturbate too. Anne Rice calls a woman’s Pussy the same thing as a mans penis . She calls it his and her Sex. I found it annoying . I know any submissive woman would love the soft core BDSM.
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- annie mackay
- 2022-10-01
Amazing, Erotic, Fantastic
This series was recommeded by my librarian about 20yrs ago. loved it then, love it now.
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- Mandy
- 2023-09-30
I tried.
As an open minded person, i picked this book based on a review. i certainly have read nothing like it. It had such an arrogant and mean tone from the Prince in the beginning. I felt so terrible for Beauty. I continued reading, hoping it would go differently, but it didn't- I couldn't get past the way she was being treated. I decided not to continue. This one was just not for me.
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