Name: The Naiads * Beauty and the Beast
SKU: 57314057
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Author: Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
ISBN: 9781612276267

portada The Naiads * Beauty and the Beast

Type

Physical Book

Author

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

Publisher

Hollywood Comics

Language

English

Pages

392

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x12.7x2.2 cm

Weight

0.42 kg.

ISBN13

9781612276267

Synopsis "The Naiads * Beauty and the Beast"

The Beauty and the Beast by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve was first published in 1740 and later abridged and rewritten by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in a better-known version in 1743.The main interests of Mme de Villeneuve's story are two sections, one in which the Beast explains how he came to be transformed and why it was forced to act as he did in regard to the Beauty; and the other in which the fay who contrived his liberation from his curse explains how and for what motives an evil rival placed her in that elaborate necessity. This original account of the organization and politics of the world of Faerie is of considerable interest, as well as completing the explanatory schema of the enigmatic fundamental tale. The Naiads, published 100 years after Mme de Villeneuve's death, is one of the earliest fantasy novels. It is set in a distant past in a fictitious realm with a religion based on elemental spirits. While it uses the stock motifs of the fairy tale, featuring a Prince Perfect who falls in love with a shepherdess, unaware that she is really a Princess, as well as a wicked stepmother and an ugly sister bent on persecuting the beleaguered heroine, it also looks behind those motifs and provide them with elaborate explanatory schemas, such as the strange story of the Mill of Misfortune and the revelation of the Prince's true identity by the Gnome Queen.

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

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Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve fue una escritora francesa nacida en París en 1685, considerada una figura clave en la evolución del cuento de hadas literario. Proveniente de una familia acomodada, su vida estuvo marcada por dificultades económicas tras enviudar joven, lo que la llevó a integrarse activamente en los círculos literarios parisinos del siglo XVIII. Allí desarrolló una obra influida por la tradición de autores como Charles Perrault, pero con una mirada más compleja y dirigida a un público adulto.

Es especialmente conocida por haber escrito la primera versión extensa de La Bella y la Bestia en 1740, incluida en La jeune américaine et les contes marins. A diferencia de versiones posteriores, su relato era más largo, oscuro y lleno de subtramas, lo que revela su intención original como novela más que cuento infantil. También publicó obras como La Jardinière de Vincennes, consolidando un estilo narrativo detallado y sofisticado. Su legado ha sido parcialmente eclipsado por adaptaciones posteriores, pero su versión original sigue siendo la base del mito que perdura hasta hoy.

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