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Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (28 November 1685 – 29 December 1755) was a French author influenced by Madame d'Aulnoy, Charles Perrault, and various précieuse writers. Villeneuve is particularly noted for her original story of "La Belle et la Bête", which is the oldest known variant of the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast".
Biography.
Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve was born and died in Paris, but belonged to a powerful Protestant family from La Rochelle. She
London between 1750 and 1780. "La Belle et la Bête" was, itself, based on an earlier fairy tale by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Gallon de Villeneuve, included in her collection "Les Contes Marins ou La Jeune Américaine" ("Sea Stories or The Young American Girl"; 1740).
- Jacques Cazotte, who had started as a writer of Fairy Tales, such as "La Patte du Chat" ("Cat's Paw"; 1741) and "Les Mille et Une Fadaises"