Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve | |
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Portrait of de Villeneuve, 1759 | |
| Born | Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot 28 November 1685 Paris, France |
| Died | 29 December 1755 (aged 70) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Novelist |
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Jean-Baptiste de Gaalon de Villeneuve
(m. 1706; died 1711) |
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 was published in 1740 and is the oldest known variant of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast.