The Story of Blue-Beard by Charles Perrault

"The Story of Blue-Beard" by Charles Perrault is a French folktale first published in 1697. A wealthy nobleman with a dark history of vanished wives takes a new bride. When he leaves her alone in his palace with keys to every room but one forbidden chamber, her curiosity becomes overwhelming. What she discovers behind the locked door reveals a horrifying secret that puts her own life in mortal danger, leading to a desperate race against time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703
Illustrator Southall, Joseph E.
LoC No. 73179756
Title The Story of Blue-Beard
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 74.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Bluebeard (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction
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EBook-No. 44288
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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