▁H edge , ▁which ▁ret ells ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁S leep ing ▁Beaut y ▁mostly ▁from ▁the ▁perspective ▁of ▁those ▁at ▁the ▁peri ph ery ▁of ▁the ▁action . ▁The ▁book ▁then ▁pick s ▁up ▁many ▁years ▁later , ▁after ▁the ▁castle , ▁long ▁abandoned ▁by ▁S leep ing ▁Beaut y , ▁has ▁become ▁a ▁home ▁for ▁another ▁group ▁of ▁fair yt ale ▁characters , ▁many ▁of ▁whom ▁have ▁rather ▁trouble d ▁past s . ▁The ▁castle ' s ▁daily ▁work ings ▁are ▁now ▁over seen ▁by ▁R ack ham , ▁a ▁st ork - head ed ▁d andy , ▁and ▁the ▁place ▁has ▁become ▁somewhat ▁run - down ▁and ▁is ▁bes et ▁by ▁m isch iev ous ▁but ▁generally ▁friendly ▁spr ites ▁and ▁pol ter ge ists . ▁This ▁story ▁originally ▁focused ▁on ▁Lady ▁J ain , ▁a ▁pre gn ant ▁woman ▁fle eing ▁her ▁ab us ive ▁husband . ▁The ▁series ▁details ▁back st ories ▁for ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁characters , ▁such ▁as ▁elabor ating ▁on ▁how ▁the ▁be arded ▁nun ▁Sister ▁Peace ▁arrived ▁at ▁the ▁castle . ▁Later ▁chap ters ▁show ▁J ain ▁sett ling ▁into ▁the ▁castle ' s ▁keep ▁with ▁her ▁baby ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁some ▁Ham mer lings ▁and ▁the ▁fellow ▁residents ▁of ▁the ▁castle . ▁ ▁Publishing ▁history ▁Med ley ▁initially ▁self - pub lished ▁the ▁series ▁as ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁individual ▁chap ters ▁beginning ▁with ▁The ▁Cur se ▁of ▁Br amb ly ▁H edge ▁through ▁O lio ▁Press ▁using ▁a ▁ 1 9 9