Watch "Beauty and the Beast" HD Movie Online Free " Beauty and the Beast " (French: Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale written by French novelist Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont and published in 1756.Variants of the tale are known across Europe. In France, for example, Zémire et Azor is an operatic version of the story, written by Marmontel and composed by Grétry in 1771, which had enormous success well into the 19th century; it is based on the second version of the tale. Amour pour amour, by Nivelle de la Chaussée, is a 1742 play based on Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's version. Walter Crane, ca. 1886 Born 15 August 1845 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Died 14 March 1915 (aged 69) Horsham, West Sussex, England Nationality English Known for Children's Literature Awards Albert Medal (1904) toolbar builder toolbar builder Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and influences 1.2 Politi