Collected Item: “Jacobs, Joseph. “Beauty and the Beast.” Europa’s Fairy Book, New York, London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1916, pp. 34-41.”
Full bibliographic citation (MLA)
Jacobs, Joseph. “Beauty and the Beast,” Europa’s Fairy Book, New York, London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1916, pp. 34-41.
Title of the complete book/anthology (not a single chapter/fairy tale)
Europa's Fair Book
The name of the author or editor of the complete book/anthology (leave blank if none are listed)
Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s) of the book/anthology (leave blank if none are listed)
John D. Batten
City where the book/anthology was published
New York and London
The country where the book/anthology was published (use United States for US publications)
United States and England
The publisher of the book/anthology (as written on the title page)
G. P. Putnam's sons
Date of publication (or date range from the library catalog, if no dates are listed in the book)
1916
The decade the book was published (use the drop down menu)
1910-1919
The fairy tale type (use the drop down menu)
Beauty and the Beast
The author of the fairy tale/chapter (leave blank if none is listed). If there is only an author for the whole book/anthology listed, use that author again for this entry
Joseph Jacobs
What is special about this version of the tale?
Some versions of the tale have different numbers of children while this has three daughters. Some versions have the beast giving the merchant the gifts for the other children but in this version the merchant buys them while on his journey elsewhere. Other versions of the story have magical helpers like fairies that try to nudge her towards the beast, but this version has Bella falling in love with the beast of her own accord. The servants in some versions are animals that are enchanted in some way, but this version only has invisible servants. The beast in this version is kinder than other versions and allows the father to visit weekly while other versions allow Bella to visit her family once. Some versions have Bella discovering her noble background, but this version does not touch on that aspect.
A brief summary of the plot that highlights any unique variations
A merchant went on a journey and his three daughters each asked for him to bring them something back. One daughter asked for a necklace, another a gold chain and the last daughter asked for a rose. The merchant plucked a rose from a garden and was caught by the beast. The beast demands that the merchant give his youngest daughter in exchange for the merchant’s life. The merchant then took Bella to the castle where they found no people but were served by invisible servants the beast told the merchant that he would be allowed to visit Bella every week on that day. Bella began talking with the beast and started falling in love with him. One day she found the beast lifeless below the rose bush the merchant had taken from and she proclaimed her love for the beast causing the hide of the beast to split apart and reveal a handsome young prince. The prince explained that he was cursed unless a maiden should, of her own accord declare that she loved him. The prince married Bella and they lived happily ever after.
The original source of the fairy tale, if easily identifiable (Straparola, Basile, de Beaumont, Perrault, Grimm, etc.)
Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
A link to a digital copy of the book
https://archive.org/details/europasfairybo00jaco/page/34/mode/2up
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