The Seventh Bride
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The Seventh Bride is a darkly whimsical fantasy novel by T. Kingfisher that retells the Bluebeard fairy tale through the story of a miller’s daughter forced into a sinister engagement with a mysterious nobleman.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Seventh Bride canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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retelling of Bluebeard ⓘ |
| author | T. Kingfisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorRealName | Ursula Vernon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bluebeard fairy tale ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
coerced marriage
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dark secrets ⓘ female agency ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| containsElement |
cursed brides
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magic ⓘ talking animals ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationFormat | ebook ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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fairy-tale retelling ⓘ fantasy ⓘ |
| hasReception |
positive reviews from fantasy readers
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praised for its protagonist and tone ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courage in the face of supernatural danger
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friendship among women ⓘ resistance to patriarchal control ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
conversational prose
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fairy-tale pastiche ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Rhea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
enchanted manor
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forbidden rooms ⓘ sinister nobleman ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A miller’s daughter named Rhea is forced into an ominous engagement with a mysterious nobleman and discovers his sinister secrets. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | miller’s daughter ⓘ |
| publisher | self-published ⓘ |
| setting | fantastical countryside ⓘ |
| subgenre | darkly whimsical fantasy ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adult readers
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young adult readers ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly humorous
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whimsical ⓘ |
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