" Beauty and the Beast " is a fairy tale written by the French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published anonymously in 1740 in La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins …

Mar 15, 2017 · The first appearance of “Beauty and the Beast” in print—in French, as “La Belle et La Bête”—was in 1740, as one of the tales in the book, La Jeune Américaine, et les Contes …

May 7, 2017 · In the 1740 narration of the story, Beauty has five siblings, three brothers and two sisters, and all of them are children of a wealthy widowed merchant. Beauty is the youngest of …

Dec 26, 2018 · There was a 1740 version (much longer) also published in French, by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, and this is the first version of the tale of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ …

Aug 11, 2025 · Discover the 1740 Beauty & the Beast — secret royal identities, petty fairy curses, & a shocking cousin romance twist Disney never told you.

Nov 10, 2025 · The original "Beauty and the Beast" was written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740 as a novella for adult aristocratic audiences.

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La …

Jan 12, 2023 · "This edition of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's La Belle et la Bête from Four-and-Twenty Fairy Tales, translated by J. R. Planché in 1858."

May 6, 2024 · What has become known as "Beauty and the Beast" almost certainly was part of a widespread, centuries-old oral tradition. However, published versions are often traced to …

Original unabridged novella of ‘The Beauty and the Beast’ (La Belle et la Bête) by French author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve from 1740, translated into English by James …