Angela Carter






Angela Carter

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born
May 07, 1940

died
February 16, 1992

gender
female

place of birth
The United Kingdom

genre
Literature & Fiction


about this author

Angela Carter (May 7, 1940 – February 16, 1992) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist magical realism and understanding of fairy tales. She won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Literature in 1984 for her novel Nights at the Circus.





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The Bloody Chamber The Bloody Chamber
by Angela Carter
avg rating 4.11 — 1,658 ratings — published 1979
15 editions
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Nights at the Circus Nights at the Circus
by Angela Carter
avg rating 3.97 — 673 ratings — published 1984
11 editions
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The Magic Toyshop The Magic Toyshop
by Angela Carter
avg rating 3.93 — 541 ratings — published 1967
12 editions
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Wise Children Wise Children
by Angela Carter
avg rating 3.98 — 511 ratings — published 1991
13 editions
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Burning Your Boats: The Collec... Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories
by Angela Carter
avg rating 4.35 — 378 ratings — published 1995
4 editions
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The Infernal Desire Machines o... The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
by Angela Carter
avg rating 3.89 — 257 ratings — published 1972
9 editions
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The Passion of New Eve The Passion of New Eve
by Angela Carter
avg rating 3.82 — 214 ratings — published 1977
8 editions
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Saints and Strangers Saints and Strangers
by Angela Carter
avg rating 4.10 — 186 ratings — published 1985
3 editions
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The Sadeian Woman: And the Ide... The Sadeian Woman: And the Ideology of Pornography
by Angela Carter
avg rating 3.82 — 130 ratings — published 1978
9 editions
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Angela Carter's Book of Fairy... Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales
by Angela Carter
avg rating 4.14 — 118 ratings — published 1993
4 editions
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"Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.
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Angela Carter
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"I will tell you what Jeanne was like. She was like a piano in a country where everyone has had their hands cut off."
Angela Carter
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"The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocial. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers."
Angela Carter (The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories)
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