title: Curse of the Thirteenth Fey: The True Tale of Sleeping Beauty
author:  Jane Yolen 
description: "A graceful and absorbing look at a familiar villain."<br /><i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />"Inventive spin on Sleeping Beauty."<br /><i>Publishers Weekly</i>
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  _**Contents**_
  
   _Title Page_
  
  _Chapter 1_
  
  _Chapter 2_
  
  _Chapter 3_
  
  _Chapter 4_
  
  _Chapter 5_
  
  _Chapter 6_
  
  _Chapter 7_
  
  _Chapter 8_
  
  _Chapter 9_
  
  _Chapter 10_
  
  _Chapter 11_
  
  _Chapter 12_
  
  _Chapter 13_
  
  _Chapter 14_
  
  _Chapter 15_
  
  _Chapter 16_
  
  _Chapter 17_
  
  _Chapter 18_
  
  _Chapter 19_
  
  _Chapter 20_
  
  _Chapter 21_
  
  _Chapter 22_
  
  _Chapter 23_
  
  _Chapter 24_
  
  _Chapter 25_
  
  _Chapter 26_
  
  _About the Author_
  
  _Also by Jane Feather_
  
  _Praise for the novels of Jane Feather_ __
  
  _Copyright Page_
  
  _**Chapter 1**_![](Images/image00229.jpeg)
  
   _ **T**_ he two women walking arm in arm down The Leas along the seafront in
  Folkestone drew admiring glances from those they passed. There was something
  striking about their physical differences, one tall and well formed, creamy
  skinned, dark haired, with large golden-brown eyes, the other small and
  slight, with the pale freckled complexion that so often went with red hair and
  lively green eyes.
  
  Meg Barratt paused, slipping her 