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En plein 18ème siècle et à quelques décennies de la révolution française, on découvrait l’émouvante histoire de la belle et la bête. Un jour qu’un marchand revenait d’un voyage où il pensait trouver fortune pour sauver sa famille de la misère, il se perd dans la forêt. Apeuré, il erre avec son cheval et trouve un château magnifique, où une table remplie de mets délicieux l’attend, puis une grande chambre où il s’endort paisiblement.

De familie van Belle is door allerlei ellende aan lager wal geraakt. Als Belle's vader op reis moet in de hoop iets te redden van het familiefortuin, verdwaalt hij. Hij komt terecht in een vreemd kasteel, waar hij gastvrij onthaald wordt, maar nergens ziet hij een gastheer of personeel. Wanneer hij door de kasteeltuin loopt, ziet hij de prachtige rozen, en plukt er eentje voor zijn dochter, Belle. Hierop verschijnt een woest beest ten tonele, dat hem verwijt dat hij na alle gastvrijheid zijn rozen wil stelen en hem dreigt te verscheuren.

Herbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 - 1946) was an English writer.

He was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction"

LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI: I found him in his own apartments, and strangely disordered. He went to and fro, raving beginning so soon as I entered the room. I noticed a book half out of its cover, flung carelessly into the corner of the room.

'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' is a haunting ballad describing a young knight whose very lifeblood and vitality have been drained by a beautiful but parasitic, fairylike vampire. This knight has now been left as an undead shell of his former self, alone on a barren hillside.

Neste conto, publicado pela primeira vez em 1894, Manna Loulou conta a história de Zoraide, uma mulher escravizada criada como afilhada da sua senhora.

This chilling tale of one man’s descent into madness was published shortly before the author was institutionalized for insanity, and so The Horla has inevitably been seen as informed by Guy de Maupassant’s mental illness. While such speculation is murky, it is clear that de Maupassant—hailed alongside Chekhov as father of the short story—was at the peak of his powers in this innovative precursor of first-person psychological fiction.