Books with title First Stories: Beauty and the Beast

Originally published in 1886, this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 20 pages, is an artistic retelling, by famed children’s author Laura E. Richards, of the classic fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast.” Note: The original 1886 edition included illustrations; this Kindle edition does not.Sample passage:When Beauty woke the next morning she rubbed her eyes and thought she must be dreaming, when she saw the splendid room in which she lay. The shining walls gave back the rays of the morning sun, which streamed softly in through curtains of silver and rose-colored gauze, and glittered on the golden lilies of the coverlet. The invisible hands were busy about the room, some sprinkling perfumes through the air with mops of rose-leaves, others filling a huge marble bath with fragrant waters, while others again were laying out delicate robes of lace and rose-colored satin. Beauty rose, and after dressing, found that the friendly hands were leading her into the banquet-hall, where she was greeted by a burst of joyous music from the unseen musicians. As she sat at table the deep voice which she had heard twice before spoke to her, saying:“Beauty, you see now that you are sole mistress of this palace and all it contains. Your father has given you a frightful account of me, no doubt; and for that reason I shall remain invisible until you yourself are willing to see me. Meantime let us be as good friends as we can.”About the author:Laura E. Richards (1850-1943) was a writer of poetry and of numerous children’s books and biographies. She co-wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning “Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910,” a biography of her mother, who was famous for having written the words to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”; her children’s poetry collection “Tirra Lirra” won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award; and her children’s novel “Captain January” was made into a movie starring Shirley Temple.

"Beauty and the Beast" by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

“Beauty and the Beast” is a heartfelt story about the birth of love and the capability of love to transform the way you look at people you love. The moral of this fairytale is that person’s beauty comes from a heart in love and when the beauty realizes the inner beauty of the beast and the feelings it has the outer appearance means nothing to her anymore.This story is about true love which transforms the beast into a prince."Beauty and the Beast" is the most symbolic fairy tale after Cinderella and has been adapted by Disney in several occasions.

Beauty is the incredibly attractive and loyal daughter of a merchant. Her privileged life is turned upside when a chance encounter leads to her being bound to marry a horrible, enormous and ugly Beast with an insatiable appetite. How will she escape this cruel fate?“Great, funny and with effortless scansion.” Former Editor, Random House Children’s Publishing “Very good (if revolting!) and reminded me of Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes." Rachael Chilvers, Editor, Wiley Publishers

The Beauty and the Beast by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve was first published in 1740 and later abridged and rewritten by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in a better-known version in 1743. This is a new translation of the original version. The main interests of Mme de Villeneuve’s story are two sections, one in which the Beast explains how he came to be transformed and why it was forced to act as he did in regard to the Beauty; and the other in which the fay who contrived his liberation from his curse explains how and for what motives an evil rival placed her in that elaborate necessity. This original account of the organization and politics of the world of Faerie is of considerable interest, as well as completing the explanatory schema of the enigmatic fundamental tale.

Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont was a French novelist born in 1711. After her first marriage was annulled she moved to London, becoming a governess. After a successful writing career she remarried had many children and lived in Savoy. Beaumont wrote several books on education. She was one of the first to write fairy tales for children. Mme Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve wrote a story titled Beauty and the Beast. Le Prince de Beaumont revised and abridged this story producing the story that has become one of the most famous children's tales in history. The tale tells the story of Beauty who meets a terrible looking beast. She learns to love the beast. The moral is that inner beauty is the true and most precious form of beauty.

iBeauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins. Her lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and published by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756 in Magasin des enfants to produce the version most commonly retold.