by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville Aulnoy · Ediciones Gaviota · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439216384
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«La Bella y la Bestia y otros cuentos» is an anthology of fairy tales by Madame Leprince de Beaumont and Madame d'Aulnoy (Ediciones Gaviota, paperback).
This selection of fairy tales gives prominence to women as narrators. The central tale, «La Bella y la Bestia», gives the book its title and condenses its meaning: love can turn the coarse into the beautiful, and ethical judgment must prevail over appearances.
The book, published in 2005, belongs to the Trébol de Oro / Cuentos escogidos collection. It has 180 pages, with illustrations by Ángel Domínguez and translation by Elena del Amo de la Iglesia.
Recommended for readers aged 10 and up who want to approach classic fairy tales.
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont was a French writer who wrote the best-known version of Beauty and the Beast, an abridged adaptation of the 1740 fairy tale by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Born to a middle-class family, she was raised alongside her younger sister, Catherine Aimée. Both were provided education at a convent school and stayed on as teachers. Rather than remain and take her vow as a nun, she left for Metz, France, and became a governess for a prominent family in a court in Lunéville. As a long-time educator, she became well known for her written works on behavior and instructional teaching for young women. Her interest in the genre of education contributed to her inclusion of fairytales to teach moral behavior.
