The Bride Wore Black (novel)
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| Author | Cornell Woolrich |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1940 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and paperback) |
The Bride Wore Black is a 1940 American novel written by Cornell Woolrich, initially published under the pseudonym William Irish. Although it was Woolrich's seventh published novel, it was the first in the noir/pulp style for which he would become known, his previous novels having been Jazz Age fiction about the wealthy and privileged.
In 1968, The Bride Wore Black was adapted into a film of the same name by the French director François Truffaut.