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A review by vgmsonnet
The Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
3.0
This edition of Beauty and the Beast is gorgeously illustrated. It's a beautiful book to give as a gift or have on your bookshelf.
However, this original version of the fairy tale, translated from the French, doesn't share any of the romance or charm of the Disney version. It's hard to even see how the former inspired the latter. The original story is strangely materialistic, does not have any special focus on Beast's library (my favorite part of the Disney version is that Belle is a reader), is clunkily-told, and...has Beauty and the Beast marry, even though the seemingly-interminable backstory reveals they are cousins.
Worth reading for the sake of comparison, but worth keeping solely because of the art/illustrations.
However, this original version of the fairy tale, translated from the French, doesn't share any of the romance or charm of the Disney version. It's hard to even see how the former inspired the latter. The original story is strangely materialistic, does not have any special focus on Beast's library (my favorite part of the Disney version is that Belle is a reader), is clunkily-told, and...has Beauty and the Beast marry, even though the seemingly-interminable backstory reveals they are cousins.
Worth reading for the sake of comparison, but worth keeping solely because of the art/illustrations.