Project Gutenberg 2006-11-30 Public domain in the USA. 387 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Beauty and the Beast Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #19967 (An illustrated HTML file) #23311 (An illustrated HTML file) #7074 (A Plain HTML file) "Beauty and the Beast" by Anonymous is a classic fairy tale that can be categorized as a children's story, likely penned during the late 17th to early 18th century. The tale explores themes of love, sacrifice, and transformation, centering around a young woman, known as Beauty, who finds herself in an enchanted castle with a Beast. The narrative delves into the importance of looking beyond appearances and understanding the deeper essence of characters and their circumstances. The story begins with Beauty's father encountering a Beast after picking a rose from his magical garden for her. To save her father, Beauty bravely agrees to live in the Beast's castle, where she discovers a world of wonder and underlying sadness. Over time, Beauty learns to see beyond the Beast’s terrifying exterior, uncovering his gentle nature and a tragic curse he bears. When given a chance to leave and return home to her family, Beauty grapples with her feelings for the Beast. Ultimately, her love and loyalty result in the Beast's transformation back into a handsome prince, as she embraces the true meaning of love. The tale concludes with their joyous union, conveying the moral that true beauty lies within. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fairy tales PZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 79618 79635 2024-09-08T14:21:13.792215 2023-09-09T06:21:36.302292 text/html text/html 93665 2020-06-26T05:04:11 text/html; charset=utf-8 1606367 2020-06-26T05:04:11 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1314813 2024-09-08T14:21:18.732227 application/epub+zip 1313744 2024-09-08T14:21:15.887286 application/epub+zip 2132415 2020-06-26T05:04:11 application/pdf 1644925 2020-06-26T05:04:11 application/pdf application/zip 68840 2024-09-08T14:21:14.415197 application/epub+zip 1661658 2024-09-08T14:21:20.694177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1652425 2024-09-08T14:21:17.727173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123602 2022-09-09T12:08:20.380683 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59134 2024-09-08T14:21:13.416201 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60022 2020-06-26T05:04:11 text/plain; charset=utf-8 22328 2020-06-26T05:04:11 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 60821 2020-06-26T05:04:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 22295 2020-06-26T05:04:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 60815 2020-06-26T05:04:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22286 2020-06-26T05:04:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 64665 2020-06-26T05:04:11 application/prs.tei 1604148 2020-06-26T05:04:11 application/prs.tei application/zip 27467473 2020-06-26T05:04:11 application/octet-stream application/zip 26364 2024-09-08T14:21:20.842165 application/rdf+xml 12447 2024-09-08T14:21:14.939209 image/jpeg 3289 2024-09-08T14:21:14.761306 image/jpeg 1649237 2024-09-08T14:21:13.827244 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Unknown en.wikipedia