About this book

Beauty is the kind-hearted and gentle daughter of a poor merchant. When her father steals a rose from a beautiful garden to bring to his daughter, the Beast appears. He threatens to kill the thief unless one of his daughters chooses to sacrifice herself in her father’s place. Thus the loving Beauty stays at the castle with the monster, and discovers that behind his monstrous exterior lies a heart full of gentleness and sorrow. We all know Disney’s version of the fairytale. But do you know the real story of Beauty and the Beast? Read all about the goodness that outshines physical appearances in this story originally written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, and revised by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.