Dorset and Leprince de Beaumont

Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier de Villandon, better known by her pen name Madame Leprince de Beaumont, was a French author and educator. She is best known for her fairy tales, which were published in her 1756 collection Magasin des enfants. Her most famous work is the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast", which was first published in her 1757 collection Contes de ma mère l'Oye. Leprince de Beaumont was born in Dorset, England, and moved to France at the age of seven. She was educated at a convent in Caen,... AI Generated Content