false 276750 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173351801m/276750.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173351801s/276750.jpg The anthology contains ten stories: "The Bloody Chamber", "The Courtship of Mr Lyon", "The Tiger's Bride", "Puss-in-Boots", "The Erl-King", "The Snow Child", "The Lady of the House of Love", "The Werewolf", "The Company of Wolves" & "Wolf-Alice".
The tales vary greatly in length, with the novelette "The Bloody Chamber" being "more than twice the length of any of the other stories & more than 30 times the length of the short "The Snow Child".
The anthology's contents are also reprinted in Carter's Burning Your Boats.
]]> 49011 15 47950 1979 The Bloody Chamber total:1837|5:730|4:689|3:317|2:85|1:16| 1837 7543 2942 232 27500 4.01 6193 648 5616518 147384 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1720 1979 4 7 false Mon Sep 03 21:37:30 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:41:27 -0800 2009
If you're going to read Angela Carter before bed, then don't even bother going to bed at all. For one thing, you won't be able to put the book down. And even if you do, you won't be able to sleep.

This is a beautiful but (as t...more...]]> 28041307 94602 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 4 6 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 23 06:47:21 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 01 14:21:00 -0700 2009 "The Marquis stood transfixed, utterly dazed, at a loss. It must have been as if he had been watching his beloved Tristan for the twelfth, thirteenth time and Tristan stirred, then leapt from his bier in the last act, announce in a januty aria interposed from Verdi that bygones were bygones, cr...more...]]> 15574769 381149 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 4 5 false Wed Jul 23 06:08:24 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 16 12:25:52 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 23 06:08:24 -0700 2008 The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter's amazing collection of re-imagined fairy tales. Carter has a way with words that pulls you right into her stories, seducing you, intoxicating you. And the stories themselves are pretty impressive, too. Car...more...]]> 40501751 1719442 49012 0060107081 9780060107086 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49012.The_Bloody_Chamber 3.86 14 The stories deal with themes of women's roles in relationships & marriage, their sexuality, coming of age & corruption. Stories such as "The Bloody Chamber" & "The Company of Wolves" explicitly deal with the horrific or corrupting aspects of marriage &/or sex & the balance of power within such relationships. Themes of female identity are explored in the "Beauty & the Beast" stories such as "The Tiger's Bride". In one instance, Beauty: the story's heroine, is described as removing the petals from a white rose as her father gambles her away, a seeming representation of the stripping away of the false layers of her personality to find her true identity; an image that finds a mirror in the story's fantastical conclusion.
The stories are updated to more modern settings. The exact time periods remains vague, but they are clearly anchored rather intentionally. For example, in "The Bloody Chamber" the existence of transatlantic telephone implies a date 1930 or later. On the other hand, the mention of painters such as Gustave Moreau & Odilon Redon, & of fashion designer Paul Poiret (who designs one of the heroine's gowns) all suggest a date before 1945. "The Lady of the House of Love" is clearly set on the eve of WWI, & the young man's bicycle on which he arrives at the tradition-bound vampire's house is a symbol of the encroaching modernity which fundamentally altered European society after 1914.]]> 1979 4 2 false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Dec 19 20:07:52 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 11 07:40:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36056798 629344 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 2 4 false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 23 16:17:46 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 06 09:08:10 -0800 2008 1 Angela Carter staggers me. I wish I could write fairy tales like this. I wish I could write like this. She makes me feel inept for being able to only express thoughts on paper (or on a server) with some competence and not be able to make them dance, sing, weave mists of smoke around a shrinking fig...more...]]> 39136123 1416647 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 0 1 false Tue Dec 02 14:15:32 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 14:15:32 -0800 2008 Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter
I came across this exploring for the Grimm's Fairy Tale read for my book club. These stories are all influenced from fairy tales, all beautifully crafted, stuff that can sweep you away -- gothic and haunting. The stories often take surprising and inspired turns. H...more...]]> 9705001 373600 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 5 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 07:54:59 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 08:19:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 8054433 64014 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 4 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 21:59:13 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 13:34:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 7349676 161897 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 4 1 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Oct 06 13:01:42 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 13:02:25 -0700 2007
In Fireworks, we have, at turns, the barbaric village, the haunted mannequin, the lost seashore, the crepuscular forest, the invisible city, the ravaged wilderness, the stolen ocean, and the bustling cemetery. I'm tempted to say, again, that her work considers ...more...]]> 39905921 60678 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 3 1 false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 11 17:15:38 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 17:17:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7641252 138695 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 4 1 false Fri Oct 12 15:02:03 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 14:40:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 69918452 657873 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 5 1 true Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:09:24 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 09:16:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52415838 21250 6121751 0099511096 9780099511090 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6121751.The_Bloody_Chamber 3.85 13 1979 2 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 12 15:06:23 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 15:14:21 -0700 2009 The Tiger's Bride in The Meanings of Beauty and the Beast: A Handbook and loved the twist at the end, so I decided to read more of Angela Carter. Her writing gets tiring very quickly, though. I don't mind lyrical prose in moderation, but using fifty words when o...more...]]> 56962769 2343573 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 22 09:17:31 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 10:17:04 -0700 2009
But… since...more...]]> 67909835 223837 276750 0099588110 9780099588115 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173351801m/276750.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173351801s/276750.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/276750.The_Bloody_Chamber_and_Other_Stories 4.03 71 The anthology contains ten stories: "The Bloody Chamber", "The Courtship of Mr Lyon", "The Tiger's Bride", "Puss-in-Boots", "The Erl-King", "The Snow Child", "The Lady of the House of Love", "The Werewolf", "The Company of Wolves" & "Wolf-Alice".
The tales vary greatly in length, with the novelette "The Bloody Chamber" being "more than twice the length of any of the other stories & more than 30 times the length of the short "The Snow Child".
The anthology's contents are also reprinted in Carter's Burning Your Boats.
]]> 1979 3 1 false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 11:58:41 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 07:11:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52446292 2214498 6121751 0099511096 9780099511090 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6121751.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 4 0 false Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 12 19:19:12 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 19:31:34 -0700 2009
I'm very happy to note that...more...]]> 73560464 2662846 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 5 0 false Mon Oct 05 17:00:15 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 19:16:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52278995 2193713 276750 0099588110 9780099588115 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173351801m/276750.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173351801s/276750.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/276750.The_Bloody_Chamber_and_Other_Stories 4.11 1837 The anthology contains ten stories: "The Bloody Chamber", "The Courtship of Mr Lyon", "The Tiger's Bride", "Puss-in-Boots", "The Erl-King", "The Snow Child", "The Lady of the House of Love", "The Werewolf", "The Company of Wolves" & "Wolf-Alice".
The tales vary greatly in length, with the novelette "The Bloody Chamber" being "more than twice the length of any of the other stories & more than 30 times the length of the short "The Snow Child".
The anthology's contents are also reprinted in Carter's Burning Your Boats.
]]> 1979 4 0 false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 05:12:23 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 12:37:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 28642667 1267706 49011 014017821X 9780140178210 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108m/49011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357108s/49011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49011.The_Bloody_Chamber 4.11 1837 1979 4 1 false Thu Aug 14 11:41:19 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 12:57:28 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 11:41:19 -0700 2008 55361459 75360 276750 0099588110 9780099588115 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173351801m/276750.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173351801s/276750.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/276750.The_Bloody_Chamber_and_Other_Stories 4.11 1837 The anthology contains ten stories: "The Bloody Chamber", "The Courtship of Mr Lyon", "The Tiger's Bride", "Puss-in-Boots", "The Erl-King", "The Snow Child", "The Lady of the House of Love", "The Werewolf", "The Company of Wolves" & "Wolf-Alice".
The tales vary greatly in length, with the novelette "The Bloody Chamber" being "more than twice the length of any of the other stories & more than 30 times the length of the short "The Snow Child".
The anthology's contents are also reprinted in Carter's Burning Your Boats.
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