I’ve already posted on the Beauty and the Beast story and the Disney movie on my classic movie and book blog Our Mutual Friends. No sense in repeating myself, so here are links to those blog posts:
My co-blogger Jaz and I talk about the story in general as well as two popular adaptations (Beauty by Robin McKinley and The Merchant’s Daughter by Melanie Dickerson) here.
We discuss the Disney animated classic Beauty and the Beast here.