The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin - 1920

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin, by Anatole France This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin 1920 Author: Anatole France Editor: James Lewis May And Bernard Miall Translator: D. B. Stewart Release Date: May 9, 2008 [EBook #25409] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DUCHESS OF CICOGNE *** Produced by David Widger THE STORY OF THE DUCHESS OF CICOGNE AND OF MONSIEUR DE BOULINGRIN From "The Seven Wives Of Bluebeard & Other Marvellous Tales" By Anatole France Translated by D. B. Stewart Edited By James Lewis May And Bernard Miall John Lane Company MCMXX Contents CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER I THE story of the Sleeping Beauty is well known; we have excellent accounts of it, both in prose and in verse. I shall not undertake to relate-it again; but, having become acquainted with several memoirs of the time which have remained unpublished, I discovered some anecdotes relating to King Cloche and Queen Satine, whose daughter it was that slept a hundred years, and also to several members of the Court who shared the Princess's sleep.