Angela Carter The Bloody Chamber & Other Stories Paperback Book

Discover Angela Carters classic feminist retelling of favourite fairy tales woven in seductive, luminous storytelling. Beauty is turned into a Beast, Little Red Ridings grandmother is stoned to death as a witch and, in the title story, a beautiful young pianist is swept into the world of a rich and sinister aristocrat, a man whose previous three wives have all died in mysterious circumstances. 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 McEwanA quirky, original, and baroque stylist Margaret AtwoodWith an introduction from awardwinning short story writer Helen Simpson | Angela Carter The Bloody Chamber & Other Stories Paperback Book