Project Gutenberg 2013-11-26 Public domain in the USA. 326 Perrault, Charles 1628 1703 Southall, Joseph E. Southall, Joseph Edward 73179756 The Story of Blue-Beard Produced by Chris Curnow, Matthias Grammel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Story of Blue-Beard" by Charles Perrault is a classic fairy tale written in the late 17th century. This narrative illustrates the perils of curiosity and disobedience, centering on the eerie figure of Blue Beard, a wealthy man whose blue facial hair makes him terrifying to potential brides. The book serves as a cautionary tale about trust and the consequences of ignoring warnings. The tale follows the journey of Blue Beard, who, despite his wealth and luxurious possessions, struggles to find a bride due to his ominous reputation. He eventually marries a young woman, giving her keys to his mansion with a strict warning not to enter a forbidden closet. Driven by curiosity and the influence of her friends, she disobeys this command, discovering the gruesome truth of Blue Beard's previous wives, whom he had killed. When Blue Beard returns and learns of her disobedience, he threatens her life, but she cleverly sends for her brothers, who rescue her just in time. Ultimately, Blue Beard is killed, and the young woman inherits his fortune, creating a new life for herself and her family away from his dark past. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44288/44288-h/images/i_cover.jpg en Bluebeard (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 53053 53064 2024-09-18T14:02:16.022766 2023-09-19T09:42:31.221807 text/html text/html 50064 2013-11-26T09:17:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1704443 2013-11-26T09:17:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1795861 2024-09-18T14:02:19.053743 application/epub+zip 1794212 2024-09-18T14:02:16.967812 application/epub+zip 851119 2024-09-18T14:02:16.499750 application/epub+zip 1828125 2024-09-18T14:02:20.803786 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1048983 2024-09-18T14:02:18.568759 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 107691 2022-09-20T08:03:15.852081 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 32512 32305 2024-09-18T14:02:15.692770 2023-09-19T09:42:30.962794 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 32252 2013-11-26T09:17:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12133 2013-11-26T09:17:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18798 2024-09-18T14:02:20.953744 application/rdf+xml 24060 2024-09-18T14:02:16.575760 image/jpeg 3364 2024-09-18T14:02:16.537772 image/jpeg 1718079 2024-09-18T14:02:16.085756 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia