Beauty and the Beast

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Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale (type 425C -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification system). The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740. The best-known written version was an abridgement of M. Villeneuve's work published in 1756 by Mme Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, in Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses élèves; an English translation appeared in 1757.

-{{Template}}'''''Beauty and the Beast''''' is a traditional [[fairy tale]] (type [[425C]] -- search for a lost husband -- in the [[Aarne-Thompson classification system]]). The first published version of the [[fairy tale]] was a meandering rendition by Madame [[Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve]], published in ''[[La jeune américaine, et les contes marins]]'' in [[1740]]. The best-known written version was an abridgement of M. Villeneuve's work published in [[1756]] by Mme [[Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont]], in ''Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses élèves''; an English translation appeared in [[1757]].
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+'''''Beauty and the Beast''''' is a traditional [[fairy tale]] (type [[425C]] -- search for a lost husband -- in the [[Aarne-Thompson classification system]]). The first published version of the [[fairy tale]] was a meandering rendition by Madame [[Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve]], published in ''[[La jeune américaine, et les contes marins]]'' in [[1740]]. The best-known written version was an abridgement of M. Villeneuve's work published in [[1756]] by Mme [[Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont]], in ''Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses élèves''; an English translation appeared in [[1757]].
 == See also ==
 *[[Love-hate relationship]]