Barbablù

by Walter Crane (Illustrator), Charles Perrault, Carlo Collodi (Translator)

Un racconto di Charles Perrault illustrato da Walter Crane.

Genres: Classics, Short Stories, Childrens

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First published January 1, 1873

About the author

Walter Crane was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter 19th century.

His work featured some of the more colorful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts. Crane is also remembered for his creation of a number of iconic images associated with the international Socialist movement.

Reviews

[LilyGreentea · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.4/5

[Vaishali · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some technical logistics melt any portions meant to be suspenseful.

[Maddie Shell · Rating 2 out of 5]

This tale is about a king who keeps marrying women and killing them. When he marries his next wife, he gives her keys to the castle and tells her not to go into a room in the back. When he leaves, her curiosity gets the best of her, and she goes into the room. When she opens it, she finds all the dead bodies of the wives before her. While doing so, she gets blood all over the keys and can't seem to get it off the keys. When he returns, she shows the key to him, and he can tell that she disobeyed him and went into the room when she wasn't supposed to. He vows to kill her, and at the last minute, her brothers come in and save her. I think that there could be two moral values to this story. One could be that you should never disobey a wish that is relayed to you or there will be consequences. The next could be to trust your instincts and allow your curiosity to lead you because it might just save your life. Although this is a good message to teach to kids, I wasn't a huge fan of this book. I think there are better fairy tales that portray the same message that I would rather share with kids.

[Christopher Molleda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Classic told time after time. This book has modern comparisons to murders of not only males but females which we call black widows. I won't say much more except the time period of the late 1600 in France. A classical tale of suspense and crime solving.

[Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully Illustrated Short Story

The artwork is incredible for such a short novelette. I encourage parents to use this book for bedtime or any story time for kids.

[Maxwell]

bros crazy

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wack.

[hannah ✧.* ☽｡⋆𖦹 · Rating 4 out of 5]

if this was a true crime podcast episode i would’ve devoured it.