Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
Birthday November 28, 1685
Birth Sign Sagittarius
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About
French author best known for writing the original version of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, which was published in the year 1740.
Before Fame
When she was younger, she was influenced by Madame d'Aulnoy and Charles Perrault.
Trivia
When she became a widow, she lost her fortune and was forced to seek employment to support herself. Her other publications include a novella called Le Phénix Conjugal; two collections of fairy tales called La Jeune Américaine ou les Contes marins and Les Belles Solitaires; and four novels called Le Beau-frère supposé, La Jardinière de Vincennes, Le juge prévenu, and Mémoires de Mesdemoiselles de Marsange.
Family Life
She is the daughter of Jean Barbot and Dame Suzanne Allaire. In 1706, she married Jean-Baptiste Gaalon de Barzay, lord of Villeneuve, a member of an aristocratic family from Poitou and a lieutenant-colonel of infantry at the Berville Regiment. They had one daughter together. She became a widow at the age of 26.
Associated With
She and Lorraine Warren were both novelists.
