Gender-swapped Fairy Tales: Sleeping Beauty & Rapunzel (Translated)

• All characters gender-swapped to provide a unique gendered perspective on these classic literary texts
• All-original additions, embellishments and descriptions to the classic Grimm’s fairy tales
• Re-written content to provide context and clarity
• Introduction by Eve Sinning

The Brothers Grimm's classic original texts of Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel are turned on their head and given new life by swapping the gender of every character. Embellishments, details and descriptions have been added to help the story read more clearly, but these stories remain faithful to the original and beautiful Brothers Grimm texts. The young maid becomes the young man, the Queen becomes the King, and the heroes of these well-loved stories become heroines instead.

By swapping the genders, these stories can be read in a new light and from interesting new perspectives. In these stories, women take courageous action to help their loved ones; they brave danger to awaken sleeping princes with a single kiss and they risk everything for love.

So, too, are the actions and motivations of men turned on their heads – and male characters are given interesting new freedoms - to depend openly upon their spouses; to express fear and uncertainty in new situations; to await rescue and finally – to be helpless.

Subversive and surprising, these gender-swapped versions of two classic Brothers Grimm stories will make you see your favourite fairy tales in a whole new light!