| Description |
xxiv, 486 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Brave, bold and wilful -- Clever women, resourceful girls and desperate stratagems -- Sillies -- Good girls and where it gets them -- Witches -- Unhappy families -- Moral tales -- Strong minds and low cunning -- Up to something - black arts and dirty tricks -- Beautiful people -- Mothers and daughters -- Married women -- Useful stories |
| Summary |
Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world |
| Notes |
First published in two editions as: The Virago book of fairy tales (1990) and The second Virago book of fairy tales (1992) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [455]-482) |
| Subject |
Women -- Folklore.
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| Genre/Form |
Fairy tales.
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Short stories.
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Fiction.
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| Author |
Carter, Angela, 1940-1992.
Second Virago book of fairy tales
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Carter, Angela, 1940-1992.
Virago book of fairy tales
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Sargood, Corinna, illustrator
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| LC no. |
2006373482 |
| ISBN |
1844081737 (hardback) |
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9781844081738 (hardback) |
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