When Did Charles Perrault Write Bluebeard?
When Did Charles Perrault Write Bluebeard? Though based on older folk tales of demon lovers and devilish bridegrooms, the story of Bluebeard, as we know it today, is the creation of French writer Charles Perrault — first published in 1697 in his collection Histoires ou contes du temps passé (Stories or Tales of Past Times).