The Bride Wore Black (novel)

The Bride Wore Black (novel)

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image_caption = First edition cover
author = Cornell Woolrich
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Crime novel
publisher = Simon & Schuster
release_date = 1940
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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"The Bride Wore Black" is a 1940 American novel written by Cornell Woolrich. In 1967, it was adapted into a film of the same name by French film director François Truffaut.

The novel opens with a quote by Guy de Maupassant: "For to kill is the great law set by nature in the heart of existence! There is nothing more beautiful and honorable than killing!"


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