who wrote the original beauty and beast book
exists and is an alternate of . The first published version of Beauty and the Beast was by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740. 17 people found this useful.
Bill Condonâs Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle, is the latest on a seemingly endless conveyor belt of Disney live-action remakes that have thus far included the releases of Alice in Wonderland (and its sequel), Cinderella, and The Jungle Bookâbut this time, the stakes are seemingly higher.