Title: La belle et la bête

Title: La belle et la bête Title Record # 1781409
Author: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Date: 1757-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: French

Note: "La belle et la bête" ("Beauty and the Beast") is an anonymous European folk tale adapted by many authors. Its first French version is credited to Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1740). It reached fame in a later shortened version by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, published in 1757 in her Magasin des enfants.

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Year	Title
1757	La belle et la bête [as by J.-M. Leprince de Beaumont]

Year	Language	Title
1757^ⓘPer Locus3, this translation first appeared in <i>The Young Misses Magazine</i>, 1757. Translated by unknown hand.	English	Beauty and the Beast
1761	English	Beauty and the Beast [as by Madame Leprince de Beaumont]
1889^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited hand	English	Beauty and the Beast [as by La Princesse de Beaumont]
1921	English	Beauty and the Beast [as by Madame Leprince de Beaumont]
1964^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Alfred%20David&type=Name&mode=exact">Alfred David</a> & <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Mary%20Elizabeth%20David&type=Name&mode=exact">Mary Elizabeth David</a>.	English	Beauty and the Beast [as by Madame Leprince de Beaumont]
1966	English	Beauty and the Beast [as by Mme. de Beaumont]
1974^ⓘTranslated by Juan Antonio Molina Foix	Spanish	La bella y la bestia [as by Madame Leprince de Beaumont]
1982^ⓘ<ul><li>Translated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Angela%20Carter&type=Name&mode=exact">Angela Carter</a>.<li>Perhaps a significant adaptation or retelling: In brief review of the 1982 collection, <i>NY Times</i> 1984-12-02 pBR52, Selma G. Lanes remarks "One wonders what 'translated' means", with reference to one of the stories from Perrault. </ul>	English	Beauty and the Beast [as by Madame Leprince de Beaumont]
1989^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Jack%20Zipes&type=Name&mode=exact">Jack Zipes</a>.	English	Beauty and the Beast
1998^ⓘTranslated by Stephen Corrin	English	Beauty and the Beast [as by Madame le Prince de Beaumont]
1999^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Maria%20Tatar&type=Name&mode=exact">Maria Tatar</a> & originally published in the anthology <i>The Classic Fairy Tales</i>.	English	Beauty and the Beast
2017	English	Beauty and the Beast [as by Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont]
2017^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	English	Beauty and the Beast [as by Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont]
2019	Portuguese	A bela e a fera

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Le fantastique féminin d'Ann Radcliffe à Patricia Highsmith	1995-00-00	ed. Anne Richter	Complexe (Bibliothèque Complexe)	2-87027-578-1			tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth

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