The Red Fairy Book vs The Sleeping Beauty: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction
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The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty told at length, with the hundred years of sleep and the family the prince has to leave, and other tales retold by a scholar-novelist for children. Quiller-Couch edited the Oxford Book of English…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Red Fairy Book highest: The Red Fairy Book 4.1 · The Sleeping Beauty 3.8.
- The Sleeping Beauty is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for The Red Fairy Book.
- The Red Fairy Book has the widest readership — 3631 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Red Fairy Book | The Sleeping Beauty | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (3631) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (10) | 4.5 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (10) | — |
Reception
| The Red Fairy Book | The Sleeping Beauty | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3631 | 1 |
| Editions | 480 | 18 |
| Citations | 13 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5262 | — |
| Reading it now | 749 | — |
| Written reviews | 188 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 3679 | 441 |
| Pages | 348 | 128 |