Bluebeard

4.2 avg 116 votes

About this book

Broad humor and bitter irony collide in this fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, who, at age seventy-one, wants to be left alone on his Long Island estate with the secret he has locked inside his potato barn. But then a voluptuous young widow badgers Rabo into telling his life story—and Vonnegut in turn tells us the plain, heart-hammering truth about man’s careless fancy to create or destroy what he loves.

4.2 ★★★★☆ average of 3 sources · 116 votes
Open Library 4.1 13
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Apple Books 4.5 102
Hardcover 3.9 116

Reader Profile

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4.2/5 · 116 readers · 293 pages · ≈ 5 h 26 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Bluebeard?

About ≈ 5 h 26 m — 293 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mBluebeard~5 h 26 m

How many pages is Bluebeard?

293 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Bluebeard293

What genre is Bluebeard?

It sits on the Biography & Memoir, Fiction shelves.

Is Bluebeard in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Where does Bluebeard take place?

It is set in California, New York.

Who wrote Bluebeard?

Kurt Vonnegut.

Setting CaliforniaNew York
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