Nov 7, 2007
Our latest audio book is the classic fable
'Beauty and the Beast'
by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont narrated by
Sara Mendes da Costa.
(Photo) produced by Nigel
Killick.
Biography:
JEANNE MARIE LEPRINCE
DE BEAUMONT
French author
(1711-1780)
Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont was born in Rouen in 1711. In
1748 her first book appears, Le
Triomphe de la vérité ou mémoires de M. de La Vilette. She
then moved to London where she became tutor of upper-class girls.
Then she began writting magazines or pedagogic treatises on
children's education. She founded 'Nouveau Magazine français', a literary
and scientific compilation for young readers. Between 1750 and 1780
there are 40 volumes published, among them, the famous
'Magazines pour les
enfants' (1757) where 'Beauty and the Beast' can be found,
'Magazine des adolescents'
(1760) and 'Magazine des
pauvres' (1768). At the age of fifty she left England and
gets married to Thomas Pichon, with whom she has six children.
This is a peopletalk production ©
2007
Production Team:
Sara Mendes da Costa Narrator & Associate Producer is a
professional Voice over artist please visit her page for more
information.
Nigel Killick - Executive Producer.
Click here
to visit Sara Mendes da Costa page.
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Kaveh track My New Season
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I\'m a regular listener to your programs and enjoy the interviews on your show. I\'ve learned quite a bit about people and places over there. I have just listened to \'Beauty and the Beast\' with my six year old son and we both enjoyed the wonderful reading by Sara Mendes da Costa reading — Nadine Jason, St. Maries, ID
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\"Your observations, representative of humankind are insightful, fascinating, and often novel. Excellent.\" I like, most of your programs and I have just downloaded \'Beauty and the Beast\' narrated by Sara Mendes da Costa. Is Sara Spainish, she sounds so English? I shall be playing to the story my children at bedtime.Excellent!
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