In an abridged version of the tale, written by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont in 1756, Beauty explains: It is only after going away from him to pay a visit to her father that she truly accepts just how little a handsome appearance matters when choosing a husband. Nevertheless, she refuses the Beast’s daily proposals of marriage.
There was a handsome prince cursed to live out his days as a monstrous beast and a courageous beauty who consents to be his prisoner in order to save her father.Īs Beauty comes to know the Beast better, she soon realizes that, though he is monstrous to look upon, he has a good heart and a generous spirit. Widely viewed as the oldest version of Beauty and Beast, La Belle et la Bête contained all of the now familiar elements of the much beloved story. Within, was the fairy tale La Belle et la Bête. In 1740, French author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve wrote and published a collection of stories entitled La Jeune Ameriquaine et les Contes Marins.
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