The Sleeping Beauty Novels

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The "Sleeping Beauty" novels are a series of erotic fantasy stories written by Anne Rice under the pseudonym A.N. Roquelaure. The first four books were published between 1983 and 1985, with a later addition in 2015. These works are distinct from the fairy tale character of the same name, who is a princess awakened by a prince's kiss. Rice's "Sleeping Beauty" series explores themes of fantasy and eroticism, with some critics classifying them as pornography.12

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Erotic novels and the Mayfair witches
Eroticism distinguishes The Sleeping Beauty series—four stories (1983–85 and 2015) published under the pseudonym A.N. Roquelaure, which some critics classified as “pornography”—and two novels she published as Anne Rampling, Exit to Eden (1985; film 1994) and Belinda (1986).
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Eroticism distinguishes The Sleeping Beauty series—four stories (1983–85 and 2015) published under the pseudonym A.N. Roquelaure, which some critics classified as “pornography”—and two novels she published as Anne Rampling, Exit to Eden (1985; film 1994) and Belinda (1986).
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