description: 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 Le Prince de Beaumont simplified and shortened Villeneuve's work and published it in a magazine for young ladies.
language: English
title: Beauty And The Beast
titlecomplete: Beauty And The Beast
genres: Fiction, France, Short Stories, Picture Books, Beauty and The Beast, Romance, Classics, Childrens, Fantasy, Fairy Tales
ratings_count: 14861
publisher: Modern Publishing