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Briar Rose
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Briar Rose

Episode 5
The Briar Rose - The Sleeping Beauty, c.1870/90 | Burne-Jones | Painting Reproduction

Welcome to Episode 5 of Wonder Tales where we hear about a chosen princess who fell under a curse of death but was ultimately rescued in the fullness of time by her Prince whose presence turned the thorns of her bondage into a garden of redemption as he rescued her from the dark enchantment that had overtaken her world. 

Minutes

00:00 - 6:55 A reading of “Briar Rose” from Grimm's Household Tales, Vol. 1: With the Author's Notes

6:55 - 22:31 Interpretation of the Symbols and Themes

Books

The Holy Bible, KJV

Grimm's Household Tales, Vol. 1: With the Author's Notes, Introduction by Andrew Lang

Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile

The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault

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