Published in 1756,&nbsp;&quot;Beauty and the Beast&quot; by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont is considered the best-known written version of this famous tale. The French author abridged and rewrote Villeneuve&#39;s original long work of 1740.<br /><br />&ldquo;Beauty and the Beast&rdquo; is a heartfelt story about the birth of love and the capability of love to transform the way you look at people you love. The moral of this fairytale is that person&rsquo;s beauty comes from a heart in love and when the beauty realizes the inner beauty of the beast and the feelings it has the outer appearance means nothing to her anymore.<br /><br />&quot;Beauty and the Beast&quot; is the most symbolic fairy tale after &quot;Cinderella&quot; and has been adapted for screen, stage, prose, and television over many years.