by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont · ISBN 9782844203359
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Beauty and the Beast is a traditional French fairy tale. Written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, it tells the story of a young woman named Belle who offers to live with a Beast in his castle to save her father. Over time, Belle learns to love the Beast, breaking the spell that had transformed him and revealing his true identity as a handsome prince.
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.
