Beauty and the Beast is a traditional European fairytale. Explained in multiple variants whose origin could be a story of Apuleius, from his book The Golden Ass (aka Metamorphoses), entitled Cupid and Psyche. The first published version was the work of French author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740, although other sources attributed to Giovanni Francesco Straparola recreation of the original story in 1550. The best known written version was a very brief review of the original de Villeneuve, published in 1756 by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. The first English translation was made in 1757. There are many variants of the story across Europe. Beaumont's version is the most widely known being is the basis for almost all subsequent versions or adaptations.
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