Project Gutenberg 2014-04-14 Public domain in the USA. 87 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Perrault, Charles 1628 1703 The Popular Story of Blue Beard Embellished with neat Engravings Adapted from Charles Perrault. Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "The Popular Story of Blue Beard" by Anonymous and Charles Perrault is a dark fairy tale written in the late 17th century. This story, part of the larger tradition of fairy tales, delves into themes of curiosity, disobedience, and moral consequences. It revolves around a wealthy man known as Blue Beard, who is notorious for his grotesque appearance and the mysterious disappearances of his previous wives. The narrative follows Fatima, who becomes Blue Beard's wife despite her initial apprehensions about his fearsome reputation. Invited to explore his opulent castle, she is given a set of keys but is forbidden to enter one specific room—the blue closet. Unable to resist her curiosity, she eventually breaks this rule, discovering the gruesome fate of Blue Beard's former wives within. This act of disobedience leads to a dramatic confrontation between Fatima and Blue Beard, who seeks to punish her. In a fortunate turn of events, her brothers arrive just in time to rescue her, defeating Blue Beard and freeing Fatima from his tyranny. The story concludes with Fatima inheriting Blue Beard's wealth, using it to live generously, and ultimately finding love again. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45381/45381-h/images/cover.jpg en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Siblings -- Juvenile fiction Cruelty -- Juvenile fiction Murder -- Juvenile fiction Courtship -- Juvenile fiction Castles -- Juvenile fiction Wealth -- Juvenile fiction Obedience -- Juvenile fiction Husband and wife -- Juvenile fiction Curiosity -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 56304 56316 2024-09-19T05:58:40.674834 2023-09-19T17:07:02.185148 text/html text/html 51962 2014-04-14T09:32:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii 12638541 2014-04-15T06:28:30 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 11273181 2024-09-19T05:58:44.635830 application/epub+zip 11265605 2024-09-19T05:58:41.660815 application/epub+zip 84752 2024-09-19T05:58:41.033830 application/epub+zip 11293829 2024-09-19T05:58:46.921810 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 11280242 2024-09-19T05:58:43.558783 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 113525 2022-09-20T17:31:05.056525 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 41164 41087 2024-09-19T05:58:40.343804 2023-09-19T17:07:01.785112 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 40954 2014-04-14T09:32:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15216 2014-04-15T06:28:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22160 2024-09-19T05:58:47.066766 application/rdf+xml 24047 2024-09-19T05:58:41.112805 image/jpeg 3213 2024-09-19T05:58:41.072807 image/jpeg 10705086 2024-09-19T05:58:40.811811 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia More titles under Unknown