A marriage of convenience and other stories-W. Somerset Maugham

Synopsis

This book tells  5 different stories. Each story speaks about a different character and introduces their unusual lifes. The first story talks about a Frenchman who has to find a wife if he wants to get a job very quickly. On the second story, the main character is Harry and he lives alone on an island called Trebucket. The third character is Wilson, and he has decided to die when he is 60; what will he do? The next story talks about Mabel. She follows her love all over the world. She is obssesed . The last one is about an American who is hidden in an Italian village. What will the reason for this be?

Personal Opinion

In my opinion it is an interesting book because their lives are very unusual and you can enjoy reading about them. It is easy to understand and if you like it, I am sure you will finish it very quickly. The best story for me is the third one.

Student's name
Irati Goikoetxea

The innocent victim-Simon Betterton

Synopsis

The protagonist of this book is Richard. Richard is addicted to his motorbike and I think that he loves his motorbike more than his girlfriend. One day while he was in the bank the day of his birthday, someone steals his motorbike; the most important thing for him. The thing is that the only person that can help him is his girlfriend, Alison. But, in fact,she is not the  only one  who can help him. Anthony. who is in love with Alison can too. Will she be able to help him?

Personal Opinion

In my opinion , it is a very interesting book because it's got a lot of mistery. I like this kind of  books very much. If you are keen on this type of books I recommend you to read this. It's easy to read and to understand.

Student's name
Irati Goikoetxea

A marriage of Convenience and other stories-W. Somerset Maugham

Synopsis

This book has got five different stories. The first one " A Marriage Of Convenience", is about a Frenchman, The French Colonial Governor, who had to find a wife quickly for his job, and he fell in love with her. The second one, "German Harry" tells the story of a man who lived alone on the island of Trebucket. The third one, " The Lotus eater" is about Thomas Wilson, who decided to die when he was going to be sixty by commiting suicide. The fourth one " Mabel" is about a woman who followed her fiance, George, around the world. The last one, "The wash tub" tells the story of  an American who hid in an Italian village.

Personal Opinion

In my opinion, it's a very interesting book, because it shows different situations that people can live in their lifes. I love the fact that the stories are based on people that the writer met on his journeys around the world.

Student's name
Daniela Berciuc

Zoaz infernura, laztana-Anjel Lertxundi

Sinopsia

Hasieran maitasunak ederra badirudi ere, ez du betiko irauten. Maitasuna benetako gorroto eta sufrimendu bilakatu daiteke. Kontakizun honetan, Tomas eta Rosaren arteko erlazioa kontatzen digu idazleak, gezurretako maitasunaren kasu bat gertutik azalduz. 

Iritzi kritikoa

Benetan gomendagarria da. Oso irakurterreza da eta gainera, gaur egun gertatzen den gai bati oso lotuta dago. Kontatzeko modua oso originala da eta horrek irakurtzeko atsegina izatea eragiten du.

Egilea
Amaia Zeberio

The boy with the dark secret-Elena Guasch

Synopsis

There is a boy called Mats, who is new at school. He is very clever and nice. He has a friend whose name is Sally. She asks him if she can go to his house to do a task but Mats says that he cannot invite  class mates to his house, so Sally gets suspicious about that. One day, Sally and Mats were near the school and Mats gets into a car to go home and Sally sees that he is very strange and she thinks that Mats has a problem in his family and she wants to help him.

Personal Opinion
The book is good, it is easy to read and I undertood it well. The book is interesting because I walk a mile in his shoes.

Student's name
Maialen Mendizabal

Uluru-Helen Burton

Synopsis

This book talks about a girl called Tracy Taylor who goes on holidays with her mother. She makes a friend called Daren who tries to find his grandfather´s paintings that are missing for a while. They find the paintings in a cave, but the thieves that steal the paintings kidnap them. If you want to know how the book finishes, go and read it!

Personal Opinion

I like this book because it was nice, very entertaining, short and easy to read. 

Student's name

Intza Olano

Strangers on a train-Patricia Highsmith

Synopsis

On a train, Guy meets a man called Bruno, who is a man who didn`t work and had a father who hated and wanted to kill. On the other hand, Guy has a very good job, a secret lover and a wife who didn´t love. Bruno told Guy that if he killed his father, he would kill his wife.Guy refused to do it. A month later, Bruno could not support his father anymore and decided to kill Guy´s wife so that Guy would kill his father and therefore, the police would not suspect who commited the murders. Did the policeman find that out?

Personal Opinion

In my view, this contemporany book is very interesting and entertaining, because it has unexpected twists. The vocabulary isn`t so complicated, which makes the book easy to understand and to read.

Student's name
Paula Elzaurdi

Villans-Sie Kendall

Synopsis

This book talks about  villains: Rasputin. Catherin de Merci and Sweeny Todd. Rasputin was born on 10th Jaunary, 1869 in Siberia. He has one brother and one sister. One day, Rasputin and his sister were in the water, his sister drowned and died. And  another day, Rasputin and his brother were in the river to catch some fish, and they were palying in the water, and his brother drowned. One man helped Rasputin to pull his brother out of the river, but a few days later he died. Rasputin found out that a friend of his father´s was stolen. Years later Rasputin got married and he had 3 children. One day, he called Rasputin to the palace because he wanted to have his advice. When Rasputin became his advisor some people didn´t agree and Rasputin killed all of them.But one day the queen hired someone to kill him. 

Personal Opinion

The book is very good and interesting. The story is tragic, but it is beautiful. It has got a bit of mystery and that I like it.

Student's name
Naiara Nuñez

High life low life-Alan Battersby

Synopsis

The story takes place in New York city, in the middle of July, when it is really hot. It's about a private investigator who gets famous after saving the life of a homeless and poor woman. From there it starts everything, as he gets famous, a woman, who is very rich, calls him to give him all her things: her home, money, everything..On the other hand,there's the woman whose life he saved, she wants him to find her son before she dies. She hadn't heard from him for 20 years. But someone murders the rich woman and destroys everything in her house and takes all her money. Eventually, it turns out that  both women were married to the same man,who was very rich but he had died. Both women didn't know each other.

Personal Opinion

In my opinion, the story was really interesting and I enjoyed reading it.

Student's name

Amna Rumaisa

The Missing Coins-John Escott

Synopsis

There are two protagonists in this story, Pete and Carla. They are studying in Bath. This is a very old city in England. This city is very artistic because it has a beautiful Abey. One day these students see a man who plays the flute and they see how people put some coins in man's hat. Near the man they see a shop where people can buy international coins and stamps. People who work in the shop saw   the teens and Carla thinks that the shopkeeper thinks that they had stolen in the shop. After the teens visit the shop, they go to a café to drink something and they see the shopkepper, he is angry and he speaks to the teens . He says that the teens had stolen his coins and he calls the police. He says that they didn't steal anything when the agent shows. After, they go to the shop with the agent and the man who plays the flute, runs away but the agent catches him and he sees the coins in his hat. Finally, Carla discovesr that the assistant of the shop had stolen the coins, but I won't tell you exactly how it finishes..... I leave that for you to read.

Personal Opinion

In my opinion, this story is very beautiful because the story is very interesting although it is short. The characters are fantastic.

Student's name
Daniel Perez Cartaya

The Wizard Of Oz-L. Frank Baum

Synopsis

Dorothy was a girl who used to live with her aund and uncle in Kansas. One day, a huge cyclone carried her and her dog Toto to the Land of Oz. She didn´t know where she was but she met the Good Witch of the North. She explained her that the Wicked Witch od the East had died. She said that there had been two good and two bad witches, but now there was only one bad, thanks to her. She explained that there was the Great Wizard of Oz. The witch told her that if she wanted to return home, she had to go to see the Great Wizard of Oz, and it was too far. Dorothy said that she would try it because she wanted to return home. The witch kissed her to protect her. During the journey, she helped many people, a Scrarecrow, a Lion and a Tin Man. Everyone wanted something so they all had lots of adventures together. They had to overcome lots of obstacles. The Lion wanted courage, the Tin Man wanted a heart, and the Scrarecrow wanted brains. When they arrived in the city where Great Wizard of Oz lived, all of them told him what they wanted and Oz said that he would give them all these things if they killed the Wicked Witch of the West. They could do it and they returned to the Great Wizart of Oz. They realised that the Wizard of Oz, didn´t exist. It was an old man that had arrived there by mistake like Dorothy. He was a humburg but Dorothy and her friends didn´t say anything because he gave them everything they wanted, except to Dorothy. He couldn´t take her home. Dorothy and her friends went to the Goos Witch Glinda and she helpped Dorothy find her way home. The Tim Man became the king od the country of the West, Scrarecrow of the Emerald city and the Lion returned with his friends.

Personal Opinion

In my opinion, this book is very interesting beacuse it makes you realise that if something bad    doesn´t happen another good one can´t happen either. In this case, if Dorothy hadn´t gone to the Land of Oz, she wouldn´t have helped her friends.

Student's name
Elene Sarasola

A Safari Mystery-Micky Jenkins

Synopsis

Julie O'Neils is a 20 year old girl, who loves elephants and on her birthday her parents take her on a Safari to the Masai reserve in Kenya. Julie is dissapointed to see there are no elephants and she starts to look for them throughout the safari, but someone prevents her. Julie makes new friends who will be with her in all her trip.

Personal Opinion

The book isn't very long and it´s easy to read. I'ts very interesting and entertaining. I recomend it to everyone.

Student's name
Yara Rostro

The Hong Kong connection-Peter Cooper

Synopsis

One day, a man was found dead on the train tracks,so the investigators began to look for clues which could help to solve the mystery of the death. While they were investigating, they realized that the killers lived in Hong Kong and that they stole jewels. so they started to look for them. At the end, they were caught by the police of Hong Kong.

Personal Opinion

In my opinion. this book is very good. It is very interesting because some murders take place and it is very addictive. Also, it is very easy to understand and it isn't very long, that's why you don't get bored.

Student's name
Naroa Ibarguren

Dino's Day in London-Stephen Rabley

Synopsis
Tommy and Dino are the main characters. Tommy is a taxi driver from London. His boss told him that he has to drive Dino to see London. When Dino goes into the taxi, he says that he doesn't want to visit these places. So, Tommy takes him to the place Dino wants to go. He returns to the hotel. There, Gloria, Dino's mum is waiting for him. She looks very angry because Dino was waiting for Tommy at the Ritz. Tommy looks at Dino and he realises that he wasn't the real one. This boy stole Dino his money.

Personal Opinion

This book is very funny. It is interesting. 

Student's name
Elisa Bozonca

Bodas de sangre- Federico García Lorca

Sinopsis:
Esta obra trata sobre un conflicto de amor y de familias. En el primer acto, se presenta “El Novio”. El novio tiene ganas de ir a su viñedo y antes de salir de casa, le pide un cuchillo a su madre pero ella se niega porque su marido y su otro hijo murieron a causa de la violencia. A la madre, no le gusta la novia de su hijo, ya que la familia de ella asesinó a su marido. La novia tuvo otro novio, Leonardo. El día de la boda, la novia huye a caballo con Leonardo ya que todavía siente que deben de estar juntos para toda la vida. La historia tiene un final trágico. La novia se arrepiente y vuelve a la casa de la madre de su novio, ya que Leonardo y su hijo han muerto en un enfrentamiento mutuo.

Valoración crítica:

El autor relata la historia mediante la poesía y la prosa. Dentro del género dramático es una tragedia y los hechos son relatados mediante el diálogo. Bodas de sangre es una obra muy interesante, Lorca utiliza muchos simbolismos (navaja) y describe muy bien lo que pasa dentro de la obra. Es curioso que no le pone nombre a sus personajes, los nombra, por ejemplo, “Novia” , “Madre” o “Vecina”.

La cosa que más me ha gustado es que mediante lo que dicen los personajes podemos saber sobre su personalidad. Por otra parte, el final era previsible ya que el día antes de la boda la novia no se siente segura con la decisión que ha tomado(sigue queriendo a Leonardo)



Como conclusión, Bodas de Sangre es una obra muy recomendable aunque difícil de entender completamente pues utiliza muchas personificaciones y también la poesía.

Autor de la reseña:

Amaia Zeberio

Crónica de una muerte anunciada-Gabriel García Márquez

Sinopsis:

Los hermanos Vicario han pregonado a los cuatro vientos su intención de matar a Santiago Nasar. La noticia está en boca de todo el pueblo, pero, colmo de los colmos, el único que no lo sabe es la víctima y por si fuera poco, las casualidades se entrelazan para que nadie ni nada sea capaz de parar su muerte. Es por ello que este sale tranquilamente a la calle como cualquier otro día aún sufriendo la resaca de la noche anterior, causada por la gran boda de Ángela Vicario y Bayardo San Román. Lo que él no sabe es que la novia ha sido devuelta a su casa después de que su nuevo esposo haya descubierto que no es virgen, y por ello, al revelar a sus hermanos el nombre del supuesto autor de la fechoría, nuestro trágico protagonista, Santiago Nasar, estos salen en defensa de su honor que acaba provocando un asesinato sangriento, caótico y estúpidamente inevitable.

Valoración crítica:
El autor relata la obra haciéndose valer de las memorias y la información que ha recopilado el primo del protagonista al preguntar, varios años después de la muerte de Santiago, a los testigos de la muerte.

Las elipsis, los saltos en el tiempo, el constante bombardeo de nuevos personajes y que el autor pierda el hilo principal para contar pequeñas historias hacen que la obra pueda resultar caótica y complicada, aunque esto es en verdad lo que hace interesante e increíblemente agudo el relato.

En conclusión, este es un libro altamente recomendable, ya que el estilo es único y el autor muestra una gran maestría al hacer de una trama pequeña y simple una obra maestra con un final que deja un regusto amargo en la boca del lector.

Autor de la reseña:

Ane Aramburu

La Metamorfosis - Franz Kafka

Sinopsis:

Gregorio Samsa, protagonista de este libro, es un hombre de negocios, gran trabajador y empleado de una compañía. Era el que mantenía su familia y hacía todo lo posible por ellos hasta que se despertó en una mañana como otra cualquiera convertido en un monstruoso y mortífero insecto. Su director, debido al retraso de este, fue a su casa y al descubrirlo, de lo estupefacto que estaba hizo que Gregorio perdiera su trabajo. A partir de ese momento, la situación en la familia no fue fácil. Gregorio se pasaba todo el día en su habitación, ya que no podía dejar que su familia lo viera debido a sustos anteriores que había provocado. Al ser él el que mantenía a la familia, Grette (la hermana) y la madre tuvieron que empezar a trabajar.Durante el relato fue apartado por su familia y tuvo sensaciones de discriminación. Al final de la historia, Gregorio después de casi ser exterminado por su propio padre, ser atraído por el dulce y sereno sonido del violín de Grette y asustar a unos huéspedes, su hermana explotó y le hizo llegar a Gregorio que no podían seguir viviendo en estas condiciones de trabajo y esfuerzo. Por ello, Gregorio se mete en su habitación, reflexionando. Al alba, este murió, dejando su cuerpo de insecto totalmente disecado. La familia sintió tristeza debido a la pérdida, pero también aseguran que se quitaron un gran peso de encima.

Valoración Crítica:

Este libro es muy extraño y al principio no resulta muy comprensible, no por su riqueza léxica o el castellano antiguo, sino por su falta de explicaciones a cerca de la metamorfosis del protagonista y el surrealismo total que representa. Sin embargo, es muy entretenido y me ha gustado muchísimo a pesar de que no se acerca para nada a la realidad. También me gustaría destacar la capacidad imaginativa del autor checo de origen judío Franz Kafka, la cual te deja estupefacto totalmente.

En mi opinión, este libro es absolutamente surrealista pero es una obra de arte, ya que fascina con su manera de desarrollar el relato. Es una historia que todo el mundo debería leer, totalmente recomendable a mi parecer.

Autor de la reseña:

 Iñaki Bereziartua

Papel Mojado-Juan José Millás

Sinopsis:

Manolo García Urbina es un periodista y escritor para revistas del corazón. Un día se entera de la muerte de su amigo, Luis Mary, que aparentemente se trata de un suicidio. Pero las extrañas circunstancias y el raro encuentro meses antes con él, en el que perseguía a un hombre por un supuesto fraude a hacienda, hacen creer a Manolo que no se trata de un suicidio sino de un asesinato. Es por esto que se dispone a investigar sobre el fraude a hacienda que Luis Mary investigaba con la ayuda de su ex-novia Teresa.

Valoración crítica:

Juan José Millás consigue captar la plena atención del lector. No por el simple hecho de que la trama sea intrigante, si no porque las descripciones que nos proporciona, lejos de resultar espesas, son originales, divertidas y a veces ridículamente absurdas de manera que resultan graciosas. A esto se le suma la gran capacidad y maestría del autor a la hora de seleccionar las palabras exactas, que se dejan encajar de una manera digna de admirar.

Autor de la reseña:

Unai Razkin

El Curioso Incidente del Perro a Medianoche- Mark Haddon

Sinopsis:

El protagonista de esta novela, Christopher Boone, sufre de autismo. Éste posee una inteligencia sorprendente en cuanto a ciertos ámbitos, como las matemáticas, pero tiene un sinfín de dificultades a la hora de relacionarse con la gente y una inocencia digna de un bebé. A raíz de este problema, el niño se ve involucrado en múltiples situaciones desagradables. Sin embargo, éste hará todo lo posible para hacerle frente al obstáculo que lleva dentro e intentar llegar a aquellos lugares dignos de los que ha sido privado a causa de su trastorno neurobiológico. De este modo, tras encontrar el cadáver del perro de su vecina, decide adentrarse en el mundo de los detectives y desenmascarar al asesino de este animal, un hecho que desemboca en el hallazgo de mentiras y secretos familiares que lo han acompañado durante su corta vida.

Valoración crítica:

Mediante esta novela, Mark Haddon nos hace ver la vida desde la perspectiva de un niño autista. Por ello, la riqueza léxica es completamente inexistente, es decir, está a la altura de las capacidades expresivas del narrador.

A pesar de ello, el hecho de que la historia tenga como punto de partida los sentimientos y vivencias propias de Christopher hace del libro una narración conmovedora. Al fin y al cabo, es una clara reivindicación a la lucha por cumplir nuestros objetivos obviando las trabas que puedan ser encontradas en el camino. Asimismo, intercala momentos en los que predomina el misterio con el fin de hacer la historia más enigmática e interesante.

En definitiva, este libro de Mark Haddon es extremadamente recomendable para abrir los ojos y ver la vida de una óptica atípica. De hecho, el niño autista nos hace reflexionar constantemente y, como consecuencia, puede ser considerada una gran obra de la literatura española pese a que los recursos estilísticos y el vocabulario exuberante brillen por su ausencia.

Autor de la reseña:

María Goya

La sonrisa etrusca-José Luis Sampedro

Sinopsis:

Salvatore Roncone, para los amigos Bruno, vive en su pueblecito al sur de Italia a sabiendas de que ya ha vivido todo lo que se puede vivir, la vida no le aguarda más sorpresas. Pero una enfermedad le obliga a abandonar su pueblo natal para irse con su hijo a la sucia y turbia Milán. Es allí donde conoce a su nieto Bruno, bebé en que vuelca toda su ternura y hace tambalear los cimientos de todo lo que cree saber. Y mientras intenta adaptar la ciudad entera a sus propias maneras y costumbres, gracias al niño conoce a una mujer llamada Hortensia que le enseñará que nunca es tarde para aprender a amar de verdad a una mujer.

Valoración crítica:

Este libro es un verdadero torbellino de emociones. Las risas, tensiones y lloros están totalmente asegurados. Además, uno no puede no enamorarse de todos y cada uno de los personajes. Quisiera resaltar la capacidad del autor para crear un humanismo sobrenatural en estos, haciendo que al lector le parezca conocerlos de toda la vida.

En mi opinión, este libro es una oda a la vida, en el que entre divertidas anécdotas y batallitas de las que solo saben contar nuestros abuelos, se nos realza que nunca es tarde para aprender.

Autor de la reseña:

Ane Aramburu

Tales os the Macabre-Dominic Butler

Synopsis

This book has three different stories and I am going to talk about two of them.

The house of the Broken Mirror

 A school class was doing a trip to Romania.They were going to a village and the students thought that the village was as the other ones, but they didn´t know something that was special in that village. When they arrived at 4 o´clock they went to the hotel and they had to wait for an hour to get their bedrooms ready. They left their luggage in a room and went exploring the town. Some students went to the cafe, others to the shops and three of them, Mark, John and Sarah, decided to go to a house that was isolated from the town, up in a hill. While they were going up an old woman stopped by them and said: -Don´t go to that house, it´s dangerous. People who have been there, have become mad. If you go there, don´t look at the mirrors, John and Sarah were scared but Mark didn´t believe it. -One day a happy family lived there, but that family had a terrible accident and only the child survived. Now, we don´t know if he is alive or not- continued the woman. After saying that, she returned and John and Sarah wanted to go back too but Mark told them that he would continue on his own. John and Sarah didn´t want to leave him alone, so they went too. They got into the house and Mark started behaving in a strange way. Suddenly, the door closed. Mark was repiting: "It´s too late, we can´t leave, he won´t let us". They went up the stairs and saw something strange, but they didn´t know what it was. Mark said: "He´s coming, he want us to be with him forever". Then Sarah threw her friend from the window. After Sarah and John had jumped, they arrived in town and they saw that Mark´s eyes were strange. John had Mark´s phone and saw the photos he had taken. There was a selfie of Mark and behind him there was a mirror where you could see the boy from the woman´s story. 

The last bus home 

Will and Emily were twins and they had lost the last bus home, because Will had cheated on the exam and they had been in detention. They needed to arrive home before their mum did . Emily said that they  had to go on foot. Will proposed to go through the woods. Emily wanted to follow the road, but there wasn´t a way of changing Will´s opinion. Emily told him the story: 40 yeas ago an old woman used to play with some children. The children used to hide and the old woman used to search for them. The woman used to whistle to let them know that she was going to look for them. One day the children and the old woman disappeared, and they said that since that night, other people who have gone into the woods have disappeared too. Will didn´t believe this story and entered in the woods with his sister. They had walked for some minutes when they heard a strange sound, it was a whistle. They started to run but Emily realised that her brother had turned left. She started to look for him and she saw it on the ground and there a scary figure appeared moving towards Will. Suddenly, Will disappeared. Then, the sound disappeared too and Emily started searching for Will. She saw an ugly little wooden house. She entered and saw her brother. They both went out of the house and the sound started again. Finally, they arrived home and they saw that someone was in mum´s room and they realised that it wasn´t their mum, it was the Whistler.

Personal Opinion

In my opinion,  this book shows us that we don´t have to believe everything they tell us because that can lead us to fatal consequences.

Student's name
Elene Sarasola

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde-Robert Louis Stevenson

Synopsis

The book begins when Mr. Uttersons realizes that his best friend, Dr. Jekyll, keeps a dark secret. Mr. Hyde, has a close relationship with  Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Utterson´s gentleman friend. Everything is mysterious. Mr. Hyde, turns out to be, without an aparent explication, the heir to the fortune of Dr. Jekyll, who in recent times has been absent and, apparently, he is sick.

Personal Opinion

I didn´t find it very interesting, but as  the book wasn´t too long, it wasn´t so bad and it caught my attention.

Student's name
Maialen Mendizabal

The Roman Coins-Caroline Stevens

Synopsis

Steve Green is 14 years old, and he is from Fishbourne. He likes going to his grandparents' house. He usually stays in the attic because there are a lot of old boxes and he likes seeing them. One day, when he was in his grandparents' house, he heard loud voices, they were his grandparents'. They were speaking about the house, because it was very old and they had money problems. After that, Steve opened another box and he found a map. His grandpa drew the map when he was a child. Steve went to his best friend Ben. They started to investigate. They think the money will be in Mrs Marsden´s garden, but it wasn't there. Mrs Marsden was Steve's grandpa's friend, and she knows about the map, then she helped them to find it. They took the money and his grandparents were so happy.

Personal Opinion

The book isn't very long and it's easy to read. It's interesting but at the same time, it is a little bit boring.

Student's name
Aihen Oiarbide

Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard-Ronald Storer

Synopsis

SLEEPING BEAUTY: A long time ago,a king and a queen had a baby.The fairies liked the baby,but there was a bad fairy and she said ,"the princess is going to cut her hand with a spindle,and she is going to die",but a good fairy  wasn't going to die.When she  cut her hand with spindle,she would go to sleep.When the prince kissed her, she was fulfilled and she would wake up.Seventen years passed,and she  was fulfilled.One prince was walking by the area and  he went to the castle and he kissed the princess.2 years later,the king's mother found  out a lot of snakes in a big hole and one servant pulled Sleeping Beauty and her children,but the king saved them,and the mother fell and died. THE BLUEBEARD: The Bluebeard was a rich men,and he had many houses,but the people didn't like him,because he was ugly.Two pretty girls were neighbours and he invited them to his house.One of them married him.A month later,he was going to go away for 6 weeks,and he gave the keys to his wife,but he prohibited her to go to the small room,because  his money was there.Then, she went to the small room and he saw Bluebeard's other wives and they were all dead.After the trip,Bluebeard realized she had opened the door,and he tried to  kill the girl,but her brother saved her.

Personal Opinion
I think it is quite easy to understand,and the first book reminded me of my childhood.

Student's name
Alai Beloki