![]() ![]() ![]() Beauty is satisfied with the promise of a rose, as none grow in their part of the country. The sons ask for weaponry and horses to hunt with, whereas his oldest daughters ask for clothing, jewels and the finest dresses possible, thinking his wealth has returned. Before leaving, he asks his children if they wish for him to bring any gifts back for them. ![]() He returns to the city to discover whether it contains anything valuable. After some years of this, the merchant hears that one of the trade ships he had sent off has arrived back in port, having escaped the destruction of its compatriots. He and his children are consequently forced to live in a small farmhouse and work for their living. The merchant eventually loses all of his wealth in a tempest at sea. All his daughters are very beautiful, but the youngest, Beauty, is the most lovely, as well as kind, well-read and pure of heart while the elder sisters, in contrast, are wicked, selfish, vain and spoiled, and secretly taunt and treat Beauty more like a servant than a sister. ![]() Variants of the tale are known across Europe. According to researchers at universities in Durham and Lisbon, the story originated around 4,000 years ago.Ī wealthy, widowed merchant lives in a mansion with his six children, three sons and three daughters. 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. " Beauty and the Beast" (French: La Belle et la Bête) 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. ![]()
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