The Bride Wore Black (novel)

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Title The Bride Wore Black
First edition cover
First edition cover
Author William Irish
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Crime novel
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Released 1940
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)

The Bride Wore Black is a 1940 American novel written by William Irish. 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!"