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Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Eleanor Vere Boyle is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Beauty and the Beast about?

An illustrated edition based on the original, published in 1756.-A wealthy widowed merchant lives in a mansion with his three daughters. All are equal in beauty, but the youngest, Beauty, is kind and pure of heart; while the two elders, in contrast, are wicked, selfish, vain and secretly taunt and treat Beauty more like a servant than a sister. The merchant eventually loses all of his wealth in a tempest at sea.-One day, the merchant becomes lost in a forest. Seeking shelter, he enters a dazzling palace. A hidden figure opens the giant doors and silently invites him in. The merchant finds tables inside laden with food and drink, which seem to have been left for him by the palace's invisible owner. The merchant accepts this gift and spends the night there. The next morning, as the merchant is about to leave, he sees a rose garden and recalls that Beauty had desired a rose. Upon picking the loveliest rose he can find, the merchant is confronted by a hideous "Beast" which tells him that for taking his most precious possession after accepting his hospitality, the merchant must die.-The merchant begs to be set free, arguing that he had only picked the rose as a gift for his youngest dau

Who reads Beauty and the Beast?

Author

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Eleanor Vere Boyle

Publisher

Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle / Project Gutenberg

Published

1875

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Adventure, Classics

Rating

3.99 / 5 (132 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14