{
  "title": "Beauty and the Beast: length of four texts in words",
  "description": "Length of four texts in words, one row each, with both counting methods for the French scans, the rounded figure printed on the page, and the qualifier.",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "creator": "Once Upon a Version",
  "page": "https://onceuponaversion.com/tellings/beauty-and-the-beast-versions/",
  "derived_from": [
    "Villeneuve, “La Belle et la Bête,” Le Cabinet des fées, vol. 26 (Genève and Paris, 1786), pp. 33–238, page scans of the Boston Public Library copy, read 2026-11-04",
    "Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Magasin des enfans, vol. 1 (Londres, 1756), pp. 70–102, microfilm page scans, read 2026-11-04",
    "J. R. Planché, Four and Twenty Fairy Tales (London: Routledge, 1858), Project Gutenberg 52719, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52719, read 2026-11-04",
    "Andrew Lang, ed., The Blue Fairy Book (1889), Project Gutenberg 503, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/503, read 2026-11-04"
  ],
  "method": "Compiled by Once Upon a Version from the data listed",
  "data_credit": [
    "Villeneuve (1786 reprint), Planché 1858 (Project Gutenberg 52719), Beaumont 1756 and Lang 1889 (Project Gutenberg 503), retrieved 2026-11-04"
  ]
}