 She wrote several fairy tales, among them an abridged version of "Beauty and the Beast", adapted from Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's original.After a successful publishing career in England, she left that country in 1763 with her daughter Elisabeth and son-in-law Moreau.She lived first in Savoy, near the city of Annecy, then moved to Avallon near Dijon in 1774 (see her personal letter #21 dated 22 December 1774 to Thomas Tyrrell).