Blue Beard’s Closet
Blue Beard has forbidden his new bride to look in the downstairs closet. So what does she do? Of course she does.
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A French story-teller of the late 17th century, who left us classic tales such as ‘Cinderella’, ‘Puss in Boots’, ‘Tom Thumb’ and ‘Blue Beard’.
Blue Beard has forbidden his new bride to look in the downstairs closet. So what does she do? Of course she does.
French fabulist Charles Perrault was one of those writers who could have been our friend.
Her sisters are squeezing themselves into their corsets for the King’s ball, but Cinderella is expecting a dreary evening at home.
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