Beauty is so kind, generous and good, she sacrifices herself to a hideous beast to save her father’s life. But instead of devouring her, the beast bestows luxury on Beauty, and it seems he might not be quite so beastly after all. Yet there is always a price to pay. This much-loved French fairy tale has been retold countless ways in the centuries since it was written, and readers continue to be fascinated by Beauty’s predicament.