一天載滿商人家產的船隻不幸遇難，商人因此喪盡家產。他聽聞有艘本以為失蹤的船已入港，便滿懷希望前往，卻發現連船也被海盜占領了。回家途中，可憐的商人借宿野獸的城堡，因摘了一朵玫瑰想送給小女兒而激怒了野獸。

商人保證會將小女兒送給野獸，才終於毫髮無傷地回到家。為了信守承諾，美麗的小女兒前往城堡。因為野獸的內在美與好心腸，她不顧野獸醜陋的外貌，漸漸愛上了他。《美女與野獸》是不分老少都喜愛的童話故事。也被製作成了迪士尼的動畫電影而廣受喜愛。

Beauty and the Beast by Madame Beaumont is a love story about a beautiful young girl and a monster. At first, the girl is imprisoned in the beast’s castle owing to her father’s misbehavior.

However, she is gradually moved by the beast’s gentle and considerate personality, and eventually falls in love with him. In the end, with the girl’s kiss breaking the curse he is under, the beast transforms back into a prince and lives happily with the girl. Beauty and the Beast was made into a Disney film and is widely loved by readers of all ages.