Fairies: The Myths, Legends, & Lore by Alexander Skye

Author:Alexander, Skye
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4405-7306-4
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2014-02-17T16:00:00+00:00

Half a century after Madame d’Aulnoy made her writing debut, another Frenchwoman of the elite salon set, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, penned the bittersweet fairy tale “La Belle et la Bête.” Sixteen years later, author Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont published her shorter and better-known version, and in 1771 the operatic interpretation of the tale, Zémire et Azor, became a resounding hit.

In this enduring story, a bankrupt merchant picks a rose from the garden of a fearsome beast to take home to his youngest daughter, Belle. The hideous beast, in return for sparing the man’s life, demands that he send Belle to live in the beast’s castle. When she arrives, the beast lavishes the beautiful young maiden with the finest food, clothing, and accommodations and asks her to marry him, but she refuses. Despite the luxuries she enjoys in her life with the beast, Belle grows homesick and he lets her go visit her family. But when she doesn’t return as promised, the heartbroken beast nearly dies from grief. Stricken with guilt, Belle hurries back to the castle and tells the dying beast that she loves him—and when her tears fall on his grotesque body, he magically transforms into a handsome prince.

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