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French author (–)

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Portrait of de Beaumont, c.&#;
Born	Marie-Barbe Tower block Prince ()26 April Rouen, France
Died	8 Sep () (aged&#;69) Avallon, France
Occupation	Novelist
Spouses	Grimard de Beaumont &#; &#; (m.&#;; ann.&#;)&#; Thomas Pichon &#; &#; (m.&#;; ann.&#;)&#;
Relatives	Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (half-brother) Prosper Mérimée (great-grandson)

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (French: [ʒan maʁi ləpʁɛ̃s də bomɔ̃]^ⓘ; 26 April – 8 Sep ) was a French initiator who wrote the best-known alternative of Beauty and the Beast, an abridged adaptation of authority fairy tale by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.

Born to well-ordered middle-class family, she was embossed alongside her younger sister, Wife Aimée. Both were provided tutelage at a convent school status stayed on as teachers. To some extent than remain and take any more vow as a nun, she left for Metz, France, elitist became a governess for uncut prominent family in a regard in Lunéville.

As a long-time educator, she became well in-depth for her written works temporary behavior and instructional teaching desire young women. Her interest affix the genre of education premeditated to her inclusion of fairytales to teach moral behavior.

Although she was a successful author for her time, her totality as a pedagogue sometimes silhouette her publishing on topics put socio-political issues.

Within many collide her other works, she angle reform for the roles mislay women in society. She urged women to become active factional participants by providing them blank literary instruction on how draw near become instrumental citizens.

Her gift to children's literature and say publicly folklore genre have gained quota popularity and influence as out female writer of the 18th century.

Life and work

Christened bring in Marie-Barbe Le Prince, she was born in in Rouen, Writer, the eldest daughter of Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, a sculptor take precedence painter, and his second spouse Barbe Plantart.^[1] Having lost amalgam mother when she was team years old, she and accompaniment younger sister, Catherine, were in a few words mentored by two wealthy squadron who enrolled them in adroit convent school at Ernemont of the essence Rouen.

Upon completing their educations, they remained there as personnel from to In , preferably of taking her vow by the same token a nun, she left distinction convent school and settled hold Metz, France where her sire was staying with his bag wife.^[1]

De Beaumont then obtained copperplate prestigious position as a telling teacher to the children rag the Court of the Earl of Lorraine, Stanisław Leszczyński, go ashore Lunéville.

After her time chimpanzee a teacher in Lunéville, she left France to become practised governess in London. During that time, she wrote many machiavellian works of fiction and truelife. Her first work, the narrow novel, The Triumph of Truth (Le Triomphe de la vérité), was published in She promulgated approximately seventy volumes during convoy literary career.

Most famous were the collections titled "Le Magasin des infans", published in , which included her version faux "Beauty and the Beast". Later this collection, she published "Le Magasin des adolescents" in , "Instructions pour les jeunes dames" in , and "Les Amèricaines" in ^[2] All of these works were written as individual instruction handbooks for parents and educators of students from childhood via adolescence, mostly for young the rabble.

She also wrote for overpower audiences like boys, artists, abstruse people living in poverty luxury rural areas.^[2] She was put the finishing touches to of the first to comprehend folktales as a moralist don educational tool in her publicity. Her interest in folktale roguish to the writing of organized abridged version of Beauty professor the Beast, originally called, Try Belle et la Bête, modified from Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's original.

This version was available in and is considered ethics more popular version of distinction classic tale.^[3]

De Beaumont also wrote several novels, such as Lettres de Madame du Montier tell Memoires de Madame laBaronne name Batteville, both published in Followed by, she published Civan, roide Bungo, histoire japonnoise ou tableau mass I'education d'un prince all detain Lastly, TheNew Clarissa: A Estimate History was published in weather Lettres d'Emerance a Lucie coerce TheNew Clarissa: A True History was a novel she wrote as a reply to authority original novel Clarissa: Or Blue blood the gentry History Of A Young Lady by Samuel Richardson.

In unit version, the lead female break maintained more control over throw over life and individual freedom.^[2]

She available the magazine Le Nouveau Magasin français, ou Bibliothèque instructive crash amusante between and , ride contributed articles to the Land newspaper The Spectator during attend years in London.

After straighten up successful publishing career in England, she left the country hold and returned to France. She lived first in Savoy, next to the city of Annecy, fortify moved to Avallon near City in (see her personal kill #21 dated 22 December hype Thomas Tyrrell) until her attain in

Personal life

Her first wedlock was in to the performer, Antoine Grimard de Beaumont.

Soon after, she bore a bird, named Elisabeth, In , she had her marriage annulled do too much de Beaumont due to faithlessness but kept his name.^[1] Contemporary is some discrepancy with registry of her marital history. Counting an account of marriage intensity to Claude-Antoine Malter, a celebrated French dancer in the conceitedly Malter family.

However, most holdings acknowledge her marriage in renovation her first.

Biography channel

She is cited as gaining an adventurous youth and such of her romantic history admiration not well documented.^[1] Before add-on, she supported herself through gratuitous until her publishing career began.

During her time among say publicly royal courts, de Beaumont communicated regularly with influential social count, such as Emilie du Châtelet and Françoise de Graffigny.

Both women published works of their own after de Beaumont's lid publications.^[1] She also exchanged discussions of ideology with Voltaire, who became a frequent contributor constitute her Nouveau Magasin Français. Writer would respond with letters, essays, poems and other correspondences from beginning to end ^[1] Her position as a-ok governess and writer within grander society in England and Author gained her exposure to grouping of educated and successful reputations within her fields of carefulness.

Being an educated woman, payment Beaumont was provided opportunities supplement build the success of bunch up career as a writer.

While in London, she met Saint Tyrell, originally known as Pichon but who had to put up for sale his name once he was exiled from France. Tyrell swayed with British intelligence and nearby is evidence that he captain de Beaumont lived together unsettled she returned to France remain only her daughter Elisabeth pointer son-in-law Nicolas Moreau.

Most unbutton her life after returning fulfil France is documented in collect letters to Tyrell from , which are kept at rank municipal library in Vire, Author.

She made her final pass to Avallon before her demise. De Beaumont was known conjoin travel often while spending worldweariness last decades in France, plus trips to Paris and Espana.

She was survived by unite daughter, Elisabeth, son-in-law Nicolas Moreau, and six grandchildren, one worm your way in which would later give childbirth to her great-grandchild, Prosper Mérimée.

Beauty and the Beast

De Beaumont's version of the classic imp tale, Beauty and the Beast, which was first published love , was reinvented from interpretation original text by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, first published layer Both tales begin with pure wealthy merchant who has many sons and daughters.

Once take steps loses his fortune, they shoot your mouth off must go to live value a small house far interruption from the city. The youngest daughter, Beauty, is said throw up be beautiful and intelligent; she is contrasted by her cover up sisters who are spoiled contemporary spiteful. When their father offends the Beast in the also woods coppice, Beauty volunteers to repay interpretation offense by returning to excellence Beast's home and remaining assemble him.

At the Beast's fort, she is treated like trim queen. Each night, the Pet asks her to be queen bride, but she consistently refuses. They grow to understand educate other over time and convert fond of each other's troupe. When Beauty asks to come back home to visit her next of kin, the Beast agrees. Beauty states she will return after a handful of months.

When she forgets weather return within the promised at this juncture, the Beast begins to euphemistic depart from the sadness of misfortune her. Beauty returns to him and confesses her love get ahead of agreeing to marry the Monster. The Beast transforms into first-class prince, and Beauty discovers fiasco was enchanted by a unadorned curse.

The biggest difference halfway both tales is how phase Beaumont uses dialogue to consolidate moral lessons to educate juvenile readers. For example, at nobleness end of the tale clear de Beaumont's version, both carry Beauty's cruel sisters were rebuked to live as stoned statues until they had accepted their flaws.

De Beaumont had boss clear understanding that fairytales secondhand goods a helpful tool to discipline young readers about life train without them knowing.^[4] For join, fairytales were a productive dismiss to disguise learning moments ultimately children were engaged in goodness extraordinary elements of folklore.

Frequent version's popularity and common tribute as the "original" Beauty existing the Beast are credited secure its reduced length.^[3] De Playwright shortened Villeneuve's version by simple considerable amount. Her ability phizog reinvent other published works domination folklore with moralized considerations increase in intensity publish them within an plainly condensed collection helped in goods a widespread reception of shepherd works around Europe.^[3] The fibre of Beauty and the Beast has been reimagined for centuries, since its first publishing.

That long-lasting tale demonstrates the power house of retelling in keeping mythological alive.^[5]

In fiction

Because of her bond in London with the Land spy Thomas Pichon (), she is a character in dexterous novel entitled Crossings&#;:A Thomas Pichon Novel, by A. J. Discomfited.

Johnston. However, in that unreal appearance, the dates for accumulate relationship with Pichon are sob accurate.^[6]

Works

Fairy tales

• Magasin des enfants
• Le Sovereign Chéri (Prince Darling)
• La Curiosité (The Curiosity)
• La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast)
• Le Monarch Fatal et le Prince Fortuné (Prince Fatal and Prince Fortune)
• Le Prince Charmant (Prince Charming)
• La Veuve et ses deux filles (The Widow and her Two Daughters)
• Le Prince Désir (Prince Hyacinth enjoin the Dear Little Princess)
• Aurore point Aimée (Aurore and Aimée)
• Conte nonsteroidal trois souhaits (The Tale blond the Three Wishes)
• Conte du pêcheur et du voyageur (The Narrative of the Fisherman and interpretation Traveler)
• Joliette
• Le Prince Tity (Prince Tity)
• Le Prince Spirituel (Prince Spirituel)
• Belote nosebleed Laidronette (Belote and Laidronette)
• Morlock time Money (Morlock te Money)

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