Is Dracula inspired by Beauty and the Beast?
Everyone is familiar with the tale of the 1740 French Fairy Tale La Belle Et La Bete by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot De Villeneuve which was rewritten by Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont. When it was adapted by Scottish writer Andrew Lang and later the Brothers Grimm, its proper English translated title was Beauty and the Beast, the story …