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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories: A special edition of the feminist cult classic

Angela Carter (author), Helen Simpson (author of introduction)

Hardback Published on: 05/10/2023

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A 'Bloody' good read! Cliche, thy name is Lance.

When I was young, the imaginative and beautiful film 'The Company Of Wolves' scared the hell out of me... it was based on a story in this marvellous collec... READ MORE

Synopsis

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

Publisher information

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781784878689
Number of pages: 240
Dimensions: 204 x 138 x 25 mm
Weight: 308g
Languages: English

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Brilliantly crafted book

I'm currently reading this book for my English literature and language A-level and I can honestly say it is really worth the read! The way Ms.Carter has cr... READ MORE

Zoemayjones

Gothic fairytales at their very best

A superb collection of tales that take the themes and characters of well known (and some not so well known) fairy tales and folk lore and re-work them into... READ MORE

Ecowitch

I do not like this.

The stories are not good. The author has managed to fill the pages somehow. I will not recommend it to any of my friends.

sugaz007

Ok, but not exceptional

This is a collection of short stories with a gothic melodramatic theme. I thought that most of the stories were not particularly inspiring. Some were quit... READ MORE

Half Man Half Book

Bloody Brilliance

I have never gotten around to any of Angela Carter's novels, fearing their surreal, macabre brilliance but I felt obliged to read this volume of stories af... READ MORE

BenjaminPXR5

Inventive, gothic and darkly beautiful

This has to be one of my favourite collections of short stories ever, if not my No.1 favourite! Angela Carter takes the fairy stories we all know and twist... READ MORE

Katherine Hastings

The way fairytales should be told

a re-read and an absolute treat. Dark, disturbing, beautiful, sexy fairy tales with a rotten edge. Nobody writes like Carter and I miss her.

Katy Wheatley

Bloody good fantastical fun

Insanely well written, and quite dark and gruesome so be warned!!! I suggest not rushing through the stories and savouring them. No worries if you haven... READ MORE

Jaroszynski

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories: A special edition of the feminist cult classic

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