Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2013-06-28 Public domain in the USA. 114 Gaffer Black Beard Beard, Gaffer Black Blackbeard, Gaffer A New History of Blue Beard For the Amusement of Little Lack Beard, and His Pretty Sisters Produced by Chris Curnow, Lisa Tang and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A New History of Blue Beard" by Gaffer Black Beard is a fairy tale written in the early 19th century. This story narrates the tale of Blue Beard, a wealthy and tyrannical nobleman with a dark secret regarding his previous wives. The narrative explores themes of curiosity and forbidden knowledge, ultimately resulting in a dramatic confrontation between love and tyranny. The plot centers around Fatima, who is betrothed to Selim but is forced to marry the cruel Blue Beard. Once married, she is given the keys to the castle but is forbidden from entering one specific chamber. Despite her sister Irene's encouragement, Fatima's forbidden curiosity leads her to open the door, revealing a gruesome sight of Blue Beard's previous victims. As Blue Beard discovers her defiance, he threatens her life, but Selim arrives just in time to rescue her. The story concludes with Blue Beard's defeat and the triumph of love, as Fatima and Selim unite, emphasizing the enduring themes of resilience and the victory of good over evil. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43050/43050-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 70.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fairy tales Bluebeard (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction Curiosity -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Novels Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 44926 2025-08-17T10:51:19.679765 text/html 19800 2024-10-23T16:38:54 text/html 1341896 2025-08-17T10:51:21.834798 application/epub+zip 1337812 2025-08-17T10:51:20.152838 application/epub+zip 65098 2025-08-17T10:51:19.873773 application/epub+zip 1360325 2025-08-17T10:51:23.321751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1350687 2025-08-17T10:51:21.419824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 83958 2022-09-19T16:11:29.295992 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35881 2025-08-17T10:51:19.532772 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15931 2024-10-23T16:38:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16331 2025-08-17T10:51:23.457759 application/rdf+xml 12327 2025-08-17T10:51:19.944769 image/jpeg 2615 2025-08-17T10:51:19.908774 image/jpeg 1281065 2025-08-17T10:51:19.722810 application/octet-stream application/zip