What story is the bloody chamber based on?

What story is the bloody chamber based on? ‘The Bloody Chamber’ is based on Charles Perrault’s fairy tale ‘Barbe Bleue’ (‘Bluebeard’, in English), the story of a French nobleman who murders his successive wives and keeps their bodies in a locked room within his castle. Why did Angela Carter write the bloody chamber? Angela Carter … Continue reading What story is the bloody chamber based on?