Project Gutenberg 2004-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 957 Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie 1711 1780 Beaumont, Madame Leprince de (Jeanne-Marie Leprince) Leprince de Beaumont, Madame (Jeanne-Marie) De Beaumont, Madame Leprince (Jeanne-Marie Leprince) Le Prince de Beaumont, Madame (Jeanne-Marie) Prince de Beaumont, Madame Le (Jeanne-Marie) Beauty and the Beast Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #19967 (An illustrated HTML file) #23311 (An illustrated HTML file) #7074 (A Plain HTML file) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast Produced by Kim Pickett and The Hockliffe Project. HTML version by Al Haines. "Beauty and the Beast" by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont is a classic fairy tale written in the 18th century. The story explores themes of love, sacrifice, and the idea that true beauty comes from within, rather than from physical appearance. Centered around the characters of Beauty, a kind and virtuous young woman, and the Beast, who is under a curse, this tale weaves a narrative about transformation and acceptance. The narrative begins with Beauty's family facing financial ruin, leading her to sacrifice herself to save her father from the Beast, who demands one of his daughters as penance for a stolen rose. As Beauty lives in the Beast’s palace, she discovers his inner goodness despite his terrifying exterior. Through her kindness and companionship, she slowly comes to love him. When she leaves to see her father, her absence nearly causes the Beast to die of grief. Ultimately, upon returning to the Beast and confessing her love, she breaks the curse that transformed him into a beast, revealing him as a handsome prince. The story concludes with Beauty and the prince marrying and living happily, while Beauty's envious sisters face their own punishment for their pride and malice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fairy tales PZ Text Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: French Literature 57517 2025-07-03T10:03:14.631655 text/html 53428 2019-08-08T12:24:02 text/html 92808 2025-07-03T10:03:19.278637 application/epub+zip 91459 2025-07-03T10:03:17.227642 application/epub+zip 75361 2025-07-03T10:03:16.177628 application/epub+zip 191062 2025-07-03T10:03:20.791643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184466 2025-07-03T10:03:18.656648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 155488 2022-09-04T04:26:42.595106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 49730 2025-07-03T10:03:14.382631 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49571 2014-03-18T21:21:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19278 2025-07-03T10:03:20.912617 application/rdf+xml 13323 2025-07-03T10:03:16.662648 image/jpeg 3303 2025-07-03T10:03:16.417664 image/jpeg 20002 2019-08-08T12:33:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 18918 2014-03-18T21:24:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 91164 2025-07-03T10:03:14.637688 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia