Beauty And The Beast
Beauty and the Beast is a classic French fairy tale relating the story of a girl who is traded to a beast in payment for her father's error in judgment. She eventually grows to love the beast; her love releases him from the curse that changed him from man to beast.
There have been many retellings of Beauty and the Beast:
Beast — Donna Jo Napoli
Beauty — Robin McKinley
East — Edith Pattou
Rose Daughter — Robin McKinley
The Rose — Jennifer Baker
Spirited — Nancy Holder
Beauty and the Beast — Disney
Beauty and the Beast — Jean Cocteau