French literary master Anatole France breathes new life into the age-old French folktale about a murderous aristocrat with a propensity for ending his many marriages in a not-so-legal manner. In France's version of the story, some newly uncovered evidence sheds light on Bluebeard's true nature and s
Bluebeard's First Wife
β Scribed by Seong-nan Ha
- Publisher
- Open Letter
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Disasters, accidents, and deaths abound in Bluebeard's First Wife. A woman spends a night with her fiancΓ© and his friends, and overhears a terrible secret that has bound them together since high school. A man grows increasingly agitated by the apartment noise made by a young family living upstairs and arouses the suspicion of his own wife when the neighbors meet a string of unlucky incidents. A couple moves into a picture-perfect country house, but when their new dog is stolen, they become obsessed with finding the thief, and in the process, neglect their child. Ha's paranoia-inducing, heart-quickening stories will have you reconsidering your own neighbors.
β¦ Subjects
Asian Literature
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