The Story of Blue Beard, Charles Perrault
The Story of Blue Beard, Charles Perrault
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The Story of Blue Beard

Author: Charles Perrault

Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie

Unabridged: 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/23/2023


Synopsis

Penned in the 17th century, Blue Beard is a classic thriller, and certainly one of the most dramatic folk tales in all of French literature. Here, the atmosphere of every scene is enhanced by intriguingly modern sound design, offering another dimension for listening.
The setting is wealthy French society, in all its richness and style. The tension created by the young wife’s breaking of a taboo and her building fear of her villainous husband; the curiously magical power of the words of the heroine’s sister as she calls out in secret; the climax of the story with the rapid intercutting between characters — all make for a tale that begs to be read aloud.
Perrault’s morals in verse are given in both French and English. The skillful narration overall draws the listener into every nuance of this timeless story.

About Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault was born in Paris on January 1628. Son of an upper-class burgeois family, he attended the best schools and became a lawyer in 1651. He wrote Parallels Between the Ancients and the Moderns, which compared the authors of antiquity unfavorably to modern writers, and became a member of the Academie Francaise in 1671.

His Stories or Tales from Times Past, with Morals: Tales of Mother Goose, published in 1697, gave him great popularity and opened up a new literary genre: fairy tales. Among his most famous versions of fairy tales are "Blue Beard," "Sleeping Beauty on the Woods," "Little Red Riding Hood," "The Master Cat or Puss in Boots," "Cinderella," "Little Thumb," and "Donkey Skin."
He died in Paris on May 1703.


Reviews

الى اي حد قد تقاومين فضولك ؟ و هل الفضول كله شر؟ وهل يوضع الفضول مع عدم الطاعة في سلة واحدة؟ أشهر قصة خبيثة محملة بالرموز عن: الممنوع المرغوب و تعتمد بالطبع على الفكرة التقليدية: حواء هي من اختارت اكل التفاحة المحرمة و صندوق باندورا ايضا قرأت معظم معالجتها و آخرها للاخوين جريم و تحكي ان ملك يتزوج من اب......more

Goodreads review by Ian

Perrault and Carter "Blue Beard" is an old French tale that was retold by the French author, Charles Perrault. It formed the basis of Angela Carter's story, "The Bloody Chamber". I read two English translations of the story, one of which might have been translated by Angela Carter. This review focu......more

Goodreads review by Jesús

Este cuento de Perrault nos cuenta la historia del malvado Barba Azul, un hombre cuya barba al parecer trae la enemistad y el espanto por su fealdad de los que lo rodean. Sin embargo, guarda aún secretos más oscuros y perversos en su aparente lujosa morada producto de su falta de cordura y sadismo.......more

Goodreads review by SMLauri

Madre mía...un cuento así ni Disney lo podría suavizar!......more

Goodreads review by Anna

i love fairytales that prove men are bastards......more