. The first published version of the fairy tale
was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740. The best-known written version was an abridgement of her work published in 1756 by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont
, in Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses élèves; an English translation appeared in 1757.
Variants of the tale are known across Europe.
[growls] There's a stranger in here.
So, you've come to stare at the BEAST, have you?!?
Oh, it's no use. She's so beautiful, and I'm...Well, look at me!
She'll never see me as anything...but a monster. It's hopeless.
[To Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, and Cogsworth] But she is being so difficult!
[singing] She glanced this way, I thought I saw. And when we touched, she didn't shudder at my paw. No, it can't be. I'll just ignore. But then she's never looked at me that way before.
[said while dying in Belle's arms] You- You came back.
[singing] Little town, it's a quiet village. Everyday like the one before. Little town, full of little people, waking up to say...
[singing] There must be more than this provincial life!