"Beauty and the Beast" by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve - YA Retellings
It isn't always a happily ever after for these two
Generations of readers have been bewitched by the epic love story of a beautiful young girl imprisoned in the magical castle of a monstrous beast, originally envisioned by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740.
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