The bloody chamber and other stories

£16.99

Angela Carter has taken old fairy stories, subtly altering and changing them to create strange glittering tales that will haunt the reader.

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Description

A beautiful hardback edition of Angela Carter’s feminist retelling of fairy tales – masterful, seductive and luminous.

From familiar fairy tales and legends – Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves – Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories.

‘Magnificent set pieces of fastidious sensuality’ Ian McEwan

‘A quirky, original, and baroque stylist’ Margaret Atwood

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful

INTRODUCED BY HELEN SIMPSON

Additional information

Weight 0.308 kg
Dimensions 20.4 × 13.8 × 2.5 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

240

Language

English

Edition

Short stories

Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K