Beauty and the Beast

by Jeanne-Marie Leprince deBeaumont

Overview

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale in which an ugly beast must earn the true love of a beautiful girl to free him from the spell of an evil fairy. The first published version was written by French author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in the middle 18th century. It was a novel-length story intended for adult readers and addressing the issues of the marriage system of the day in which women had no right to choose their husband or to refuse to marry. Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont simplified and shortened Villeneuve's work and published it in a magazine for young ladies. The abridged version became more successful, and Madame de Beaumont is regarded now as the author of the classic story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781974996131
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	03/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	20
Sales rank:	935,447
File size:	229 KB
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711 - 1780) was a French novelist. In 1746 she left France to become a governess in London, where her first novel was published in 1748. She continued her literary career by publishing many school books. She then began to publish collections she called magazines of educational and moral stories and poems for children. She was among the first writers to specifically write fairy tales for children.