The Bloody Chamber

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Angela Carter

For the 75th anniversary of her birth, a Deluxe Edition of the master of the literary supernatural’s most celebrated book—featuring a new introduction by Kelly Link, the author of the national bestseller The Book of Love and the Pulitzer Prize finalist Get in TroubleA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paperAngela Carter was a storytelling sorceress, the literary godmother of Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, Audrey Niffenegger, J. K. Rowling, Kelly Link, and other contemporary masters of supernatural fiction. In her masterpiece, The Bloody Chamber—which includes the story that is the basis of Neil Jordan’s 1984 movie The Company of Wolves—she spins subversively dark and sensual versions of familiar fairy tales and legends like “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Bluebeard,” “Puss in Boots,” and “Beauty and the Beast,” giving them exhilarating new life in a style steeped in the romantic trappings of the gothic tradition.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Author

Angela Carter

Pages

176

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

2015-05-26

ISBN

0143107615 9780143107613

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"A beautiful collection of feminist, short story retellings of fairytales. Very gothic and absolutely gorgeous wording. So good!!!!"

Jill

"A classic collection of short stories centered around fairytales and full of drama. Worth the read. "

Cheyenne Corty

"Loving this more woman empowering retellings of popular fairy tale stories. This book is the more adult version, more darker, and overall a wonderful read. "

Josie Diaz

"I was fully prepared to dislike this collection of stories, because to me, they hardly seemed feminist enough. And there was no lesbian nor WLW content that I could ascertain. I appreciated the beauty and sophisticated prose, but some of the vocabulary seemed excessively stilted in places and unusual enough to require a dictionary several times for most pages. While it was a good way to expand my vocabulary, the odd choice of phrases has me wondering if I'll ever see or use some of those terms ever again. HOWEVER, the effect after reading the stories was what made it most worthwhile. I found after confronting some of these themes, I no longer feared or felt ashamed by some of the aspects of my sexuality. I had, like most girls and women, repeatedly received the messages that only a marriage to a man would give me true worth and also that I should not be too interested in sex. And certainly not to imagine that I could have any happiness outside of those cultural norms and social mores. These stories, along with other influences, helped me see my own worth even in the midst of the bleak challenges myself and most women face. Some of it, I feel, is still aimed mostly at the class of wealthy women, of which I certainly do not belong and never have, so this also distances me from her stories, but they are inspirational and beautifully crafted all the same."