Beauty and the Beast : : the Original Story

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Call Number: 843.5 Vi
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Introduction. La Belle et la Bête and "the other voice" -- Life and works of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve -- The literary fairy tale and women writers -- A young woman's coming-of-age in eighteenth-century France -- Powerful women: fairies, queens, and Amazons -- Weak men: the beast, the merchant, and the king -- Exotic destinations and marvelous lands -- The afterlife of La Belle et la Bête -- Note on the translation -- The Young American Girl and Tales at Sea by Madame de ***. Dedication to Madame Feydeau de Marville -- Preface -- Sailing to the New World -- Story of the Beauty and the Beast -- Story of the Beast -- Story of the Lady Fairy.
"English translation of the original version of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, written in the mid-eighteenth century by the French noblewoman Madame de Villeneuve, whose authorship was forgotten as the tale was elaborated and transformed over the next 250 years"-- Provided by publisher.

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