I thought that Beauty and the Beast would be the average length of a book. I was wrong. This book was written many years ago, but the author is unknown. This is a story that has stood the test of time, but has some mixed messages.
It was a short bed time story, where Beauty is actually the youngest of three girls who is very obviously favored by her father. The way the beast catches Beauty's father, the Merchant, is when the Merchant takes a a single flower for Beauty from Beast's garden (Unknown).
His three eldest daughters daughters are very jealous of Beauty,I believe not only for her beauty but for the affection she receives from their father.
This favoritism is not totally unwarranted though. When Beast tells the Merchant one of his daughters can willingly trade places with him, Beauty steps forward and takes his place (Unknown).
Beast gives Beauty nothing but respect and love the moment she walks in. He even made a portrait of her that said under it "Beauty is Queen here; all things will obey her." (Unknown)
The typical response to the question, what is the moral of Beauty and the Beast is it's what's the inside that counts.
But Beauty does not fall totally and madly in love with him until he turns back into human. She even turned his marriage proposal (Unknown). Even though he is nothing but kind and loving to her. She does not agree to marry him until he is dying in a pool of his own blood. The even says that after he turned back into a handsome prince that she fell tenfold more in love with him.
The true moral of the story is, what's on the inside does count, but what's on the outside is still important.
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Unknown. Beauty and The Beast kindle edition.
You state here that "Beauty and the Beast" is both a book and a story. Which one is it? You can determine whether it's a book generally by the length (although that can be argued). Think of "novels" or "books" as longer-than-a-day read. Think stories as "sitting down for 30 or 60 minutes." This information would be really helpful to readers. Also, when was the story written? In what language?
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