Beauty and the Beast
- Author
- Snoozecast
- Published
- Mon 04 Nov 2019
- Episode Link
- https://shows.acast.com/snoozecast/episodes/6155f24aa603860012aedfb6
We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the classic tale "Beauty and the Beast", taken from the Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, published in 1889. To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus.
The original story of Beauty and the Beast was written by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, within the culture of the aristocratic salons of the 1700s. It is thought that it has roots even longer ago, in the tale of "Cupid and Psyche", the ancient chronicle from the Latin novel "Metamorphoses".
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