Euphemism: Bluebeard by Angela Carter
this is the book i bought at page one, singapore
this is the first book i’ve read in 2012
this is my first angela carter book
bluebeard is a collection of seven short stories, fairytales, such as puss in boots, sleeping beauty in the wood, cinderella, bluebeard. it ends of with a moral, a…
Further Bluebeard:
- Jamie: so the girls go in and drop the egg because they're so horrified and it gets all bloody but its ~maaagic~ so they can't wash it off and he comes back and is like "SUP." and they're like "HELLO HUSBAND THAT I LOVE AND TOTALLY OBEY."
- Jamie: and he's like 'SO, DID YOU GO IN THE ROOM?' and they say 'NOPE.' and he says "OH, COOL. SO, CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT EGG BACK NOW?" and they do, and it's covered in blood and he's like YOU ARE A LYING HUSSY *DECAPITATES*
The lilies I always associate with him; that are white. And stain you."
Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber (via 5omnifer)
The fairy tale of Blue Beard
“Bluebeard” (French: La Barbe bleue) is a French literary folktale written by Charles Perrault and published in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697.
Once upon a time, in the fair land of France, there lived a very powerful lord, the owner of estates, farms and a great splendid castle, and his name was Bluebeard. This wasn’t his real name, it was a nickname, due to the fact he had a long shaggy black beard with glints of blue in it. He was very handsome and charming, but, if the truth be told, there was something about him that made you feel respect, and a little uneasy…
