Which languages can I read The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood in?

English, German, Spanish, French and Italian. Pick the language you want to read and the one to keep beside it: every paragraph sits next to its translation, so you can check a sentence without losing your place.

In translation, German, Spanish, French and Italian are C1 Advanced. Levels follow the Common European Framework, from A1 (beginner) to C2.

About 3,793 words: around 20 min of reading, with the translation beside it. The time depends on the edition's level: an easier edition is read more slowly.

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Dornröschen

Charles Perrault

In each language: The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood · Dornröschen · La bella durmiente del bosque · La Belle au bois dormant · La bella addormentata nel bosco

At a princess's christening, an uninvited old fairy curses the baby to die by a spindle, a doom a younger fairy can only soften into a hundred years of sleep. Despite a kingdom-wide ban on spindles, the grown princess wanders into a tower room where an old woman sits alone, spinning.

In English, German, Spanish, French and Italian · about 3,800 words · 20 min to read.

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Es waren einmal ein König und eine Königin, die waren so traurig, dass sie keine Kinder hatten, so traurig, wie man es gar nicht ausdrücken kann. Sie suchten alle Heilquellen der Welt auf; Gelübde, Wallfahrten, alle Wege wurden versucht, doch alles vergeblich.

There were formerly a King and a Queen, who were so sorry that they had no children, so sorry that it cannot be expressed. They went to all the waters in the world; vows, pilgrimages, all ways were tried and all to no purpose.

Endlich aber wurde die Königin guter Hoffnung und brachte ein Töchterlein zur Welt.

At last, however, the Queen proved with child, and was brought to bed of a daughter.

Es wurde ein prächtiges Tauffest gefeiert; und die Prinzessin hatte als Patinnen alle Feen, die man im ganzen Königreich finden konnte (es waren sieben), damit jede von ihnen ihr ein Geschenk machen konnte, wie es damals bei den Feen Sitte war, und damit die Prinzessin auf diese Weise alle erdenklichen Vorzüge besitzen möge.

There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the Fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the custom of Fairies in those days, and that by this means the Princess might have all the perfections imaginable.

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Languages

The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood · English (original)3,793 words · ~20 min
Dornröschen · GermanC1 Advanced · 3,607 words · ~20 min
La bella durmiente del bosque · SpanishC1 Advanced · 3,615 words · ~20 min
La Belle au bois dormant · FrenchC1 Advanced · 3,497 words · ~20 min
La bella addormentata nel bosco · ItalianC1 Advanced · 3,433 words · ~20 min

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Questions

Which languages can I read The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood in?: English, German, Spanish, French and Italian. Pick the language you want to read and the one to keep beside it: every paragraph sits next to its translation, so you can check a sentence without losing your place.
What level is it?: In translation, German, Spanish, French and Italian are C1 Advanced. Levels follow the Common European Framework, from A1 (beginner) to C2.
How long is it?: About 3,793 words: around 20 min of reading, with the translation beside it. The time depends on the edition's level: an easier edition is read more slowly.
Is it free?: Yes. Read it online with no account. The e-reader files (EPUB, and AZW3 and MOBI for Kindle) need a free account; the PDF doesn't.
Can I read it on a Kindle or Kobo?: Yes. Download the EPUB for Kobo, Apple Books and most e-readers, or the AZW3 or MOBI for a Kindle, with each paragraph followed by its translation. There is also a side-by-side PDF to print, and each language on its own.