![]() ![]() ![]() Villeneuve might be most famous for Beauty and the Beast, but in her lifetime, she was best known for her novels. A wise fairy also visited her in her in dreams.Ĥ. As this version is from 1740, that’s a pretty cool concept. Even better, she is able to watch any theatrical performance of her choice through a magic mirror. She also dreams every night of a dashing prince (who is actually the Beast). A highlight of Villeneuve’s version include Beauty chatting with birds. In it, Beauty is the daughter of a king and a wicked fairy – the very same fairy who turns the prince into a dumb and pitiful Beast.ģ. Villeneuve’s telling is over one hundred pages long. She included it in a 1740 story collection called The Young American or Tales of the Sea. She claimed that a chambermaid told it to a young lady, while on board a ship to America.Ģ. The original printed version of Beauty and the Beast is credited to a French writer called Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Beauty and her magic mirror in Storytime Issue 31. ![]()
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