Books with title Bluebeard

Blubeard is a fairy tale by the French author Charles Perrault (1628-1703). It was first published in 1697; then it was translated in English by Andrew Lang (1844-1912) in 1889. Bluebeard is a wealthy aristocrat, feared and shunned because of his blue beard. When Bluebeard visits one of his neighbours and asks to marry one of her two daughters, the girls are terrified. Eventually he persuades the younger daughter to visit him...The ebook contains beautiful illustrations by Walter Crane (1845-1915), George Percy Jacomb Hood (1857-1929), John Batten (1860-1932), Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), Harry Clarke (1889-1931).

Bluebeard - Origins of the Fairy Tales from around the World' contains seven different versions of the story of Bluebeard. It includes an in-depth introduction to the fairy tale genre itself, as well as the folkloric provenance of the 'Bluebeard' story. It encompasses folk tales such as 'La Barbe Bleue' by Charles Perrault, 'Fitcher's Bird' by the Brothers Grimm, Joseph Jacob's 'Mr. Fox', the Indian legend of 'The Brahman Girl who Married a Tiger' and the tale of Prince Agib from 'Arabian Nights'.What is a fairy tale? The 'Origins of Fairy Tales from around the World' series helps to answer this question, by showcasing the amazing breath and diversity involved in classic fairy tales. It focuses on the unusual phenomenon that the same tales, with only minor variations, appear again and again in different cultures - across time and geographical space. Traditionally told as short stories for children, and for adults too, these popular fairy tales will be sure to delight both young and old. Beautifully illustrated, these story books combine the best story-telling, with the best art-work, in order that the two may be fully appreciated.

Bluebeard is a rich aristocrat, feared and shunned because of his awfull blue beard. He had several wives in the past, but no one could say what became of them. All young ladies avoided any contact with him. But one day, he was invited to a party and met the daughters of his neighbour. That evening, he was charming and the younger daughter of his neighbour fell in love with him and accepted to marry him when he asked her for marriage. The young spouse was happy but one day her husband had to travel. He left her all the keys of the castle and begged her firmly not to use one little key of his secret room otherwise his anger would be terrible! But the young spouse was too curious and couldn't prevent to disobey her husband. She opened the door of the forbidden room and discovered her husband horrible secret ...

With the publication of the best-selling The Handmaid's Tale in 1986, Margaret Atwood's place in North American letters was reconfirmed. Poet, short story writer, and novelist, she was acclaimed "one of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century."*With Bluebeard's Egg, her second short story collection, Atwood covers a dramatic range of storytelling, her scope encompassing the many moods of her characters, from the desolate to the hilarious.The stories are set in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1980s and concern themselves with relationships of various sorts. There is the bond between a political activist and his kidnapped cat, a woman and her dead psychiatrist, a potter and the group of poets who live with her and mythologize her, an artist and the strange men she picks up to use as models. There is a man who finds himself surrounded by women who are literally shrinking, and a woman whose life is dominated by a fear of nuclear warfare; there are telling relationships among parents and children.By turns humorous and warm, stark and frightening, Bluebeard's Egg explores and illuminates both the outer world in which we all live and the inner world that each of us creates.*Le Anne Schreiber, Vogue

A book-loving waitress meets a mysterious man,Who romances her with an enormous library and a life of luxury,Until she unlocks the one door that is forbidden to herand discovers that sometimes the answer is scarier than the question.Lovers of urban fantasy and paranormal books will love this fresh take on an old, dark tale. Bluebeard's Wives is a short story of approximately 30 pages. Buy now to explore the mystery!

Along with the collections of Andersen, Lang, and the Brothers Grimm, the Fairy tales of Charles Perrault is among the great books of European fairy tales. These stories have been enjoyed by generation after generation of children in many countries, and are here, waiting to be enjoyed again. "Blue beard" is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in Histoires ou contes du temps passe. The tale tells the story of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors. Includes vintage illustration!