The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Carter, Angela, Simpson, Helen | Fiction & related items
Published 13/07/1995 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 176 pages
192 x 122 x 12mm | 132g

Discover Angela Carter's classic feminist retelling of favourite fairy tales interwoven by a master of seductive, luminous storytelling.

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 AtwoodFeaturing an introduction from award-winning short story writer Helen Simpson