Beauty and the Beast: The Original Story

Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	La Belle et la Bête and “The Other Voice”
	Life and Works of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
	The Literary Fairy Tale and Women Writers
	A Young Woman’s Coming-of-Age in Eighteenth-Century France
		Sex and Violence
		Tenderness
		Desire
		The Wedding Night
	Powerful Women: Fairies, Queens, and Amazons
		Beauty: The Heroic and Worldly Woman
		The Fairy as Author
		Fairy Helpers
		Fairies Behaving Badly
	Weak Men: The Beast, the Merchant, and the King
		Two Meanings of the Beast: The Monstrosity of Body and Mind
	Exotic Destinations and Marvelous Lands
		The La Rochelle-Saint-Domingue Connection
		Fortunes Lost and Fortunes Gained
		“Everything exudes joy and magnificence”
		The Invisible Labor of Magnificence
	The Afterlife of La Belle et la Bête
	Note on the Translation
THE YOUNG AMERICAN GIRL AND TALES AT SEA BY MADAME DE ***
	Dedication to Madame Feydeau de Marville
	Preface
	Sailing to the New World
	Story of the Beauty and the Beast
	Story of the Beast
	Story of the Lady Fairy
Bibliography
Index