Author : George Steiner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 27,95 MB
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300017106
The author presents a penetrating analysis of the collapse of Western culture during the last half of the twentieth century
Author : Charles Perrault
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,47 MB
Release : 2018-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781727650525
Rare edition with unique illustrations. Along with the collections of Andersen, Lang, and the Brothers Grimm, the Fairy tales of Charles Perrault is among the great books of European fairy tales. These stories have been enjoyed by generation after generation of children in many countries, and are here, waiting to be enjoyed again. "Blue beard" is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in Histoires ou contes du temps passe. The tale tells the story of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors.
Author : Béla Bartók
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 25,82 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Operas
ISBN :
Author : Gene Kemp
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 26,53 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Children's literature
ISBN : 9780571193189
A sinister film director and tycoon sets up the theme park to end all theme parks, with incredible attractions that stretch the boundaries of reality to the limit. But when his new, very young teenage bride brings her family to visit, they soon discover the truth that lurks behind the scenes.
Author : Metaphrog
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 43,93 MB
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1545806659
Award-winning duo Metaphrog transform the classic folktale into a feminist fairy tale, about the blossoming of a young child to womanhood striving for independence. Eve spends an idyllic childhood of long summer days with her sweetheart Tom, and together they dream of exploring the world. But that dream is soon shattered as she comes of age. The mysterious Bluebeard is looking for a new bride and has his sights set on Eve, and rumor has it that his former wives have all disappeared. What will Eve find in the castle beyond the enchanted forest? A forbidden chamber, a golden key and the most terrifying secret, take on a new life in this gothic graphic novel.
Author : Casie Hermansson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,94 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781604732313
A study of the ever-evolving fairy tale about the murderous aristocrat and his endangered wife
Author : L.M. Montgomery
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 2022-07-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8728206517
29 and unmarried, gasp! - can you think of anything worse? In 1920s rural Canada, Valancy Stirling is considered "past it" and with a controlling, nagging mother and petty gossips for relatives she feels trapped in the life she has ended up in and when she is diagnosed with a terminal heart condition and given a year to live, it seems she will die without ever experiencing happiness. And so, she rebels. She leaves her family home slamming the door as she does and moves in with her old friend Cissy and starts working as a housekeeper. The independence is intoxicating - as is a growing friendship with local man, Barney Snaith. It looks as though Valancy will have love to warm her heart in her final months. But secrets on both sides threaten to ruin things. The intoxicating story of love and loss is perfect for fans of Elizabeth Gaskell and Jodie Picoult. Lucy Maud (L.M.) Montgomery was a Canadian author best known for a series of children's books beginning with 'Anne of Green Gables'. The books were a huge hit in her lifetime and were recently made in the Netflix series 'Anne with an E'. Montgomery published 20 novels, 530 short stories, 500 poems and 30 essays in her lifetime. Most were set in Canada's smallest province, Prince Edward Island.
Author : Carolyn Keene
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 35,58 MB
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442498781
Romance and adventure await Nancy on the craggy coast of Cornwall, England. There to help a friend who could be in danger, Nancy finds more than she bargained for!
Author : Heta Pyrhönen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,34 MB
Release : 2010-03-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1442698888
'Bluebeard,' the tale of a sadistic husband who murders his wives and locks away their bodies, has inspired hundreds of adaptations since it first appeared in 1697. In Bluebeard Gothic, Heta Pyrhönen argues that Charlotte Brontë's 1847 classic Jane Eyre can be seen as one such adaptation, and that although critics have been slow to realize the connection, authors rewriting Brontë's novel have either intuitively or intentionally seized on it. Pyrhönen begins by establishing that the story of Jane Eyre is intermingled with the 'Bluebeard' tale, as young Jane moves between households, each dominated by its own Bluebeard figure. She then considers rewritings of Jane Eyre, such as Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) and Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale (2006), to examine how novelists have interpreted the status and meaning of 'Bluebeard' in Brontë's novel. Using psychoanalysis as the primary model of textual analysis, Bluebeard Gothic focuses on the conjunction of religion, sacrifice, and scapegoating to provide an original interpretation of a canonical and frequently-studied text.
Author : Anatole France
Publisher : London : J. Lane
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,33 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Tales
ISBN :
