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  • Then we have "Thrushbeard" by Bruce Glassco, which marks his fourth appearance in the magazine.

    May 5th, 2008 douglascohen 2008

  • Known as King Thrushbeard and Taming of the Shrew, “Punished Pride” is a tale of putting a woman in her place.

    Book Review: In Sleeping Beauty’s Bed III « Colleen Anderson 2010

  • “Ah, unhappy girl that I am, if I had but taken King Thrushbeard!”

    Household Tales 2003

  • “It belongs to King Thrushbeard; if you had taken him, it would have been yours.”

    Household Tales 2003

  • “It belongs to King Thrushbeard; if you had taken him, it would have been yours.”

    Household Tales 2003

  • Other European versions are: Grimm No. 52, "King Thrushbeard;"

    Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane

  • ” It belongs to King Thrushbeard; if you had taken him, it would have been yours.

    King Thrushbeard 1909

  • ” “It belongs to King Thrushbeard; if you had taken him, it would have been yours.

    King Thrushbeard 1909

  • She sprang to the door and would have run away, but on the stairs a man caught her and brought her back; and when she looked at him it was King Thrushbeard again.

    King Thrushbeard 1909

  • ” “Ah, unhappy girl that I am, if I had but taken King Thrushbeard!

    King Thrushbeard 1909

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