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'Five versions of the sleeping beauty tale are accompanied by the author's own version and an essay on the meaning of fairy tales, The Sleeping Beauty in particular.' (p.iv) The five versions (from Germany, France, Italy, Ireland and Bengal) appear on pages 67-111. Travers's version appears on pages 3-45; the essay (not written for children) follows on pages 47-62.
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(p. 47-62)P. L. Travers ponders the meanings that lie behind the various versions of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale.
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