The Popular Story of Blue Beard by Anonymous and Charles Perrault

"The Popular Story of Blue Beard" by Anonymous and Charles Perrault is a French folktale first published in 1697. A wealthy nobleman with a dark secret proposes marriage to his neighbor's daughter. Despite her family's terror, she accepts and moves into his luxurious palace. When he departs on a journey, he grants her access to every room except one forbidden chamber. Overcome by curiosity, she enters—and discovers a horrifying truth about her husband's previous wives. Now she must escape his murderous wrath before becoming his next victim. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Anonymous
Author Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703
Title The Popular Story of Blue Beard
Embellished with neat Engravings
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard
Note Adapted from Charles Perrault.
Credits Produced by David Widger from page images generously
provided by the Internet Archive
Reading Level Reading ease score: 57.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Cruelty -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Murder -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Courtship -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Castles -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Wealth -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Obedience -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Husband and wife -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Curiosity -- Juvenile fiction
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EBook-No. 45381
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Most Recently Updated Oct 24, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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