Beauty vs La belle et la bête: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Beauty, Fathers and daughters, Folklore, Fairy Tales

Cover of Beauty

Beauty Robin McKinley · 1978 ★★★★☆ 4.1 247 pages · ≈ 4 h 34 m · Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of La belle et la bête

La belle et la bête Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve · 1996 ★★★★☆ 3.8 46 pages · ≈ 51 min · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Beauty higher: 4.1 vs 3.8 from 148 votes.
La belle et la bête is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 4 for Beauty.
Beauty is the easier read (Light), La belle et la bête more demanding (Moderate).

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