Beauty and the Beast (Classics - Beauty and the Beast) - Softcover

De Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1539113671 ISBN 13: 9781539113676

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Beauty and the Beast By Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve A wealthy, widowed merchant lives in a mansion with his six children, three sons and three daughters. 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 two elder sisters, in contrast, are wicked, selfish, vain and spoiled. They secretly taunt Beauty and treat her more like a servant than a sister. The merchant eventually loses all of his wealth in a tempest at sea. He and his children are consequently forced to live in a small farmhouse and work for their living. 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 returns to the city to discover whether it contains anything valuable. Before leaving, he asks his children if they wish for him to bring any gifts back for them. 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. Beauty is satisfied with the promise of a rose, as none grow in their part of the country. The merchant, to his dismay, finds that his ship's cargo has been seized to pay his debts, leaving him without money to buy his children their presents.

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• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1539113671
• ISBN 13: 9781539113676
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 26