La Belle et la Bête (Nouvelle Édition) - Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

French Graded Reader (Easy Reader): La Belle et la Bête (Nouvelle Édition) - Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont - Adaptation de S. Paquet

French Graded Reader (Easy Reader), 64 page fully-illustrated book + audio CD. Level A1 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

Beautifully designed and illustrated easy reader complete with grammar and comprehension exercises. The text includes an introduction in accessible French containing interesting facts that place the story into context as well as a glossary at the bottom of the page which explains difficult terms. The audio CD contains both a complete reading of the text by a professional narrator and a set of pronunciation exercises. The combined package of book and CD work brilliantly together to create a wonderful, captivating learning resource for beginners of French.

La Belle et la Bête - Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont- Summary

A rich man suddenly becomes poor and he goes to live in the country with his children. One day he goes to the city on business. His daughters Rosalind and Hortensia ask him for expensive presents, but his other daughter, Beauty, only wants a rose. On his way back the man takes a rose from the garden of a castle. But the owner of the castle, a beast, becomes angry and demands something in exchange…

Dans une ville près de la mer, un homme riche élève seul ses enfants. Lorsqu’il perd toute sa fortune, il doit déménager avec sa famille à la campagne. Un jour, il s’égare dans une forêt et se réfugie dans un château. Là, il cueille une rose pour l’offrir à sa fille cadette, la Belle. Soudain, une Bête horrible apparaît…