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Excerpt from Beauty and the Beast: Picture Book, Containing Beauty and the Beast; The Frog Prince; The Hind in the Wood
Nce upon a time a rich Merchant, meeting with heavy losses, had to retire to a small cottage with his three daughters The two elder grumbled at this; but thde youngest, named Beauty, tried to comfort her fatherb and make his home happy. Once, when he was going on a journey, to try to mend his fortunes, the girls came to wish him good-bye; the two elder told him to bring them some nice presents on his return, but Beauty merely begged of him to bring her a rose. When the Merchant was on his way back he saw some fine roses, and thinking of Beauty, plucked the prettiest he could find. He had no sooner taken it than he saw a hideous Beast, armed with a deadly weapon. This fierce-locirinf;r re e asked him how he dared to touch is, and talked of putting him to death. Meichant pleaded that he only took the rose to please his daughter Beauty, who had begged of him to get her one. On this, the Beast Dsaid gruf?y, Well, ll will not take your lije if you will bring one of your.
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Nce upon a time a rich Merchant, meeting with heavy losses, had to retire to a small cottage with his three daughters The two elder grumbled at this; but thde youngest, named Beauty, tried to comfort her fatherb and make his home happy. Once, when he was going on a journey, to try to mend his fortunes, the girls came to wish him good-bye; the two elder told him to bring them some nice presents on his return, but Beauty merely begged of him to bring her a rose. When the Merchant was on his way back he saw some fine roses, and thinking of Beauty, plucked the prettiest he could find. He had no sooner taken it than he saw a hideous Beast, armed with a deadly weapon. This fierce-locirinf;r re e asked him how he dared to touch is, and talked of putting him to death. Meichant pleaded that he only took the rose to please his daughter Beauty, who had begged of him to get her one. On this, the Beast Dsaid gruf?y, Well, ll will not take your lije if you will bring one of your.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Walter Crane
Hardback
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ISBN - 9781527961128
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Page Count - 63
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ISBN - 9781333519070
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm
Page Count - 65
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