Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

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Ungekürzte Lesung. 36 Min.

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Beschreibung

Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a very famous traditional fairy tale written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. 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 daughter. The Beast agrees to let him give the rose to Beauty, but only if the merchant will return. The merchant is upset, but accepts this condition. Beauty says she wants to go to the Beast's castle. The Beast receives her graciously and informs her that she is now mistress of the castle, and he is her servant. He gives her lavish clothing and food and carries on lengthy conversations with her. Every night, the Beast asks Beauty to marry him, only to be refused each time. For several months, Beauty lives a life of luxury at the Beast's palace, having every whim catered to by servants, with no end of riches to amuse her and an endless supply of exquisite finery to wear...

Autor

Marie Leprince de Beaumont was a French author and esteemed children's educator. Born to a poor family in Rouen in 1711, de Beaumont attained a prominent position as a children's singing teacher in the court of the Duke of Lorraine as a young woman before moving to London and finding work as a governess. It was in London that de Beaumont published her first novel, The Triumph of Truth, and began to write various schoolbooks and children's stories. Her writings included some of the first fairytales, the most famous of which became the standard telling of Beauty and the Beast. De Beaumont later remarried and returned to France to have many children of her own. She died in Savoy in 1780 at the age of 69.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGA Egmont
• Altersempfehlung: 4 bis 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9782821106444
• Artikelnr.: 60782238