Marie Le Prince De Beaumont

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont was a French writer and teacher. Born into a middle class family, she worked as a governess in Lunéville and later moved to England, where she wrote for young readers. In 1756 she published an abridged retelling of an earlier tale by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve. Her shorter version of Beauty and the Beast became the form most people know today, and it has been adapted countless times.