Chisholm, Louey. “Bluebeard.” In Fairyland: Tales Told Again, illustrated by Katharine Cameron, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904, pp. 6-12.
Item
Title
Chisholm, Louey. “Bluebeard.” In Fairyland: Tales Told Again, illustrated by Katharine Cameron, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904, pp. 6-12.
Description
The maiden in this tale triumphs over her oppressor with her brothers’ help and lives a long happy life. Although this is a children’s book, the author has included the gory scene in which Fatima, Bluebeard’s wife, discovers the severed heads of her husband’s former wives when she unlocks the room he has forbidden her to visit. There is one color illustration that depicts Fatima calling to her sister Anne to ask if their brothers are on the way to save her.
Alternative Title
In Fairyland: Tales Told Again
Creator
Chisholm, Louey
Cameron, Katharine
Contributor
Cameron, Katharine
Spatial Coverage
New York and London
Coverage
US and England
Publisher
G.P. Putnam and Sons; T.C. & E.C. Jack
Date
1904
Temporal Coverage
1900-1909
Identifier
Persecuted Maidens
Abstract
There once was a man who was incredibly rich, far richer than any other. He had a downfall in his appearance, however. A blue beard that no women liked to look at. He wished to marry one of two daughters, and since they both did not want to marry him, he devised a plan to invite them to his country house with their mother. He then marries the younger daughter Fatima. Bluebeard leaves one day and warns Fatima not to enter a certain room, for a punishment awaits her if she does. She enters the door and finds the dead bodies of all of Bluebeard’s past wives. Bluebeard finds out that she had entered this room and states that he will kill her, and she will join his past wives. Before he has a chance to kill her, Fatima’s two brothers enter and kill bluebeard. Fatima remarries and gives bluebeards riches to others and she lives happily ever after.
Source
Charles Perrault
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