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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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SKU: 9781784878689 Category: CLASSICS Tags: Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Myth & legend told as fiction, Short stories
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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: Beautiful editions of great books to last a lifetime

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Weight 0.5 kg
Dimensions 20.4 × 13.2 × 2.5 cm
Author

Carter, Angela

Publisher

Vintage Classics

Imprint

Vintage Classics

Cover

Hardback

Pages

240

Language

English

Edition

Short stories

Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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