The Popular Story of Blue Beard Embellished with neat Engravings
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2014-04-14 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #45381 |
Description
"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.)