Beauty and the Beast

Author: Andrew Lang
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Fairy tales are beautiful stories, fairy tales are the kingdom of children's joy. Children in every corner of the world love fairy tales. Under the moonlight, in the shade of trees, or by the fireplace, they snuggle close to their grandmothers and mothers, listening to them tell one beautiful story after another with great passion. Gradually, they form their own concepts of beauty and ugliness, good and evil, justice and wickedness. Andrew Lang and his world-class fairy tales have finally been introduced to Chinese readers. These fairy tales have been re-edited and organized into 12 volumes, and Beauty and the Beast is one of them. This set of fairy tales tells the legends of various character roles from different perspectives, including imaginary fairies, witches, devils, monsters, and flying dragons, as well as cruel stepmothers, beautiful or ugly princesses, lucky or unlucky princes, giants, dwarfs, and various magical spells and sorcery. The stories often begin with characters that children love—such as the old man with a blue beard, the little cat in boots, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, and even the unpleasant toad and the beautiful pearl, among others. The book also features a variety of illustrations.