Belle is the only daughter of Maurice, an inventor with whom she resides in a small, French village. Amongst the townsfolk, Belle has labeled an outcast because of her free-spirit. She is also a proud bibliophile, her favorite genres being fantasy and adventure. Belle's passion for fantastical stories, coupled with her outcast status, has left her yearning for a life of adventure outside of her small village. She unexpectedly gets her to wish when she becomes a prisoner to a Beast in order to save her father's life.