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Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty Paperback – Jan. 1 1990

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  1. Book 1 of 4
    Sleeping Beauty Trilogy
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Time Warner Paperbacks
  4. Publication date
    Jan. 1 1990
  5. Dimensions
    11 x 1.7 x 17.7 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0708827438
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0708827437
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  1. A pen name enables you not only to cloak what you are doing from friends and family; it gives you a new freedom to do something you would not do as yourself.
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  2. And she could tell he was in pain with his need suddenly. It made her feel proud, and there was in her, even in her helplessness, a sense of power.
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  3. “What is fear, after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none. Do not tense your limbs. It’s wasted.”
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Time Warner Paperbacks (Jan. 1 1990)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0708827438
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0708827437
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 150 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11 x 1.7 x 17.7 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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  1. A. N. Roquelaure

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    A.N. Roquelaure is the pseudonym for bestselling author Anne Rice, the author of 25 books. She lives in New Orleans.

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    Anne Rice was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, which provided the backdrop for many of her famous novels. She was the author of more than 30 books, including her first novel, Interview with the Vampire, which was published in 1976. It has since gone on to become one of the best-selling novels of all time, and was adapted into a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst, and Antonio Banderas. In addition to The Vampire Chronicles, Anne was the author of several other best-selling supernatural series including Mayfair Witches, Queen of the Damned, the Wolf Gift, and Ramses the Damned. Under the pen name A.N. Roquelaure, Anne was the author of the erotic (BDSM) fantasy series, The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy. Under the pen name Anne Rampling she was the author of two erotic novels, Exit to Eden and Belinda. A groundbreaking artist whose work was widely beloved in popular culture, Anne had this to say of her work: "I have always written about outsiders, about outcasts, about those whom others tend to shun or persecute. And it does seem that I write a lot about their interaction with others like them and their struggle to find some community of their own. The supernatural novel is my favorite way of talking about my reality. I see vampires and witches and ghosts as metaphors for the outsider in each of us, the predator in each of us...the lonely one who must grapple day in and day out with cosmic uncertainty."

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NOIZ
5.0 out of 5 stars Move over 50 Shades of Grey
Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2021
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Move over 50 Shades.. The erotic delights starrt on page 2 and continue on. I've only read to page 32 thus far and I'm just mesmerized. WoW!!!
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Nikki
1.0 out of 5 stars What Am I Reading ?
Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2022
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was suggested by 3!!!!! people in one day. I love Anne rice, and its true, her writing is so beautiful its like you can feel the velvet if she were to describe it. i was okay with switching genres and trusted her with this task but my god.. its like a car crash. each page im rolling my eyes... to me its not horrible in that as we dive into certain genres you can expect it to get a bit wild ... but its so repetitive, its blah... would this genre not be enticing as opposed to me reading it and just thinking - uhhh okayyyyyyyy??? the entire chapter. and im not too sure about ol Anne being great and descriptive - its like a mess to me- completely repetitive and hilarious to think if i had a shot for every time i saw certain words being used... id actually likely not make it alive out of one chapter alone.... so very painful..... i think id sooner read 50 shades if i could instead of this. i would look into other steamy books to enjoy, that give some some some sense of decency to the characters... before trying this out. and i will NOT be finishing this book and absolutely will not even look into any others related to it.
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Him Lok Dameon Wong
5.0 out of 5 stars Purchased as a gift, no comment
Reviewed in Canada on July 5, 2021
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Purchased as a gift, no comment
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Nikki Jones
4.0 out of 5 stars A sensual experience...
Reviewed in Canada on August 6, 2001
Okay, I read the other reviews place here before I began writing mine. I came by this book from a friend who informed me that if I'm sexually repressed, in any way, not to read it. That's the exact advice I will give anyone reading this review. In a bizarre twist, Rice creates a "grown up" version of what happened to Beauty when her prince came, no pun intended. As all fairy tales, this is from pure speculation and made up for pure enjoyment. Of course this story is not realistic, get real! But it is an intriguing read. I think Rice did a great job at creating a world where this type of "bondage" and slavery could exist. In the first book of this trilogy, Beauty is awaken from her 100 year sleep by her prince intuating sex. From there, her prince takes her as his slave, with her parents' consent, and brings her to his kingdom. From there the story takes many twist and turns that are sometimes hard to follow, but they also managed to grab your interest. I found this book erotic and gripping in the tale that is told. It is also very graphic, and at times, obscene. If you're looking for a romance with great sex scenes, pick up a Catherine Coulter book, but if it's raw sex and the darker side of the human nature you're looking for, this is the book you should read. For all of you who have read this book and found it disguisting and not at all what you expected, how about reading the writing on the back of the book? You know that thing that tells you what to expect out of the book, it gives you a brief description of the book? What do you think it's there for? Sheesh!!
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A Tom
3.0 out of 5 stars I've read one of the other books in this series ...
Reviewed in Canada on December 5, 2017
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I've read one of the other books in this series, so i was excited to start from the beginning.

Turns out Beauty is 15 or 16 at the start. Skeeved me out too much to continue reading. Ick.
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borntobe
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in Canada on September 5, 2015
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Writing was good, as I would expect from Anne Rice. Honestly though, a bit of a snoozer.
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BruceandCharlene
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in Canada on November 20, 2019
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You will enjoy reading this :-)
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Val-Cool
1.0 out of 5 stars Vulgar, brutal, garbage
Reviewed in Canada on October 10, 2017
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If reading about people who are FORCED into sexual slavery provides escapism for you, then this is the book for you. You might like this book if you enjoy watching people get forced into sexual acts they do not want to participate in, with endless humiliation and brutal beatings, and being hung in painful positions for long hours. It is easy to see how much these FORCED slaves are suffering.

I would like some bdsm erotica escapism please. But this book is not it. This book is about FORCED sexual slavery. There is NOTHING arousing about it. It was page after page of brutality. I kept reading hoping that a bdsm scene would break out, but it never happened. (Akin to going to a boxing match where a hockey game broke out.)

In other words, it’s a disgusting bunch of garbage. I will certainly not be reading the other two books.
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Zaniboni
1.0 out of 5 stars Ridículo e inaceitável
Reviewed in Brazil on September 30, 2017
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O resumo do livro deveria ser o seguinte:
Adolescente de 15 anos é estuprada enquanto dorme e após é sequestrada e humilhada publicamente em múltiplas ocasiões, além de ser sistematicamente abusada e espancada, sem possibilidade de recusa ou fuga, por múltiplos indivíduos de ambos os sexos.
Sou bem liberal, acho que se os envolvidos são capazes de consentir e estão participando por vontade própria, tudo é válido. Porém o livro trata de estupro, pedofilia e escravidão sexual.
Sei que a história foi escrita em outro momento, porém sinto apenas pena das mulheres da época se era com ISSO que elas fantasiavam. Inaceitável.
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Sara
1.0 out of 5 stars sadomaso
Reviewed in Italy on July 26, 2017
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terribile libro . non mi aspettavo un genere sadomaso così estremo. impossibile andare oltre nella lettura. buttato nella carta da riciclo
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L. V. R
5.0 out of 5 stars I didn't purchase this for a long time as I was put off by some of the reviews that condemned it but I'm so glad I eventually did
Reviewed in Australia on April 2, 2018
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This has to be the most erotic thing I've ever read. I didn't purchase this for a long time as I was put off by some of the reviews that condemned it but I'm so glad I eventually did.
It's certainly no '50 Shades of Grey' - thank goodness. It is well written for one thing.
The only thing I would say is that I had to take breaks from reading it - it was so hot.
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Ben Idjabou Jacqueline
1.0 out of 5 stars The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Reviewed in France on June 12, 2016
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Pourrais-t-on me le rembourser ? Parce que franchement c'et pas du tout intéressant. Je n'accroche pas du tout alors que j'adore les écris d'Anne Rice, ici je ne retrouve pas le style percutant et envoutant de cet écrivain. C'est très décevant!
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Weirdo72
1.0 out of 5 stars Creepy, and not in a good way!
Reviewed in the Netherlands on April 9, 2016
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If a man had written this he would probably have been arrested. Everyone has different tastes, this is a million miles from mine.
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