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Who wrote the first version of Beauty and the Beast?

Retry Correct Incorrect Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve wrote the very first version of Beauty and the Beast in the early 1700s. In her version, Belle is only referred to as Beauty and her father gets into trouble for stealing a rose from the Beast’s garden.

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Who wrote the first version of Beauty and the Beast?

• Pierre de Marivaux
• Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
• Simone de Beauvoir
• Madame de La Fayette