Beauty and the Beast - All Four Versions includes the original,
adult-oriented edition of the story by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de
Villeneuve (translated from the French by James Robinson Planché), the
simplified and shortened version by Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont
which appeared sixteen years later - the basis for all future versions,
the Brothers Grimm adaptation and a somewhat forgotten version by
Victorian folklorist and anthropologist Andrew Lang.