| Description |
xiv, 462 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Salman Rushdie -- The Man Who Loved a Double Bass -- A Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home -- A Victorian Fable (with Glossary) -- A Souvenir of Japan -- The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter -- The Loves of Lady Purple -- The Smile of Winter -- Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest -- Flesh and the Mirror -- Master -- Reflections -- Elegy for a Freelance -- 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 -- Black Venus -- The Kiss -- Our Lady of the Massacre -- The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe -- Overture and Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Peter and the Wolf -- The Kitchen Child -- The Fall River Axe Murders -- Lizzie's Tiger -- John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore -- Gun for the Devil -- The Merchant of Shadows -- The Ghost Ships -- In Pantoland -- Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost |
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Alice in Prague or The Curious Room -- Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene -- The Scarlet House -- The Snow Pavilion -- The Quilt Maker -- Appendix: Afterword to Fireworks |
| Summary |
From early reflections on jazz and Japan, through vigorous refashionings of vampires and werewolves, to stunning snapshots of real-life outcasts and the glorious but tainted world of "the rich and famous," this complete collection of Angela Carter's short stories gathers together four published books - Fireworks, The Bloody Chamber, Black Venus, American Ghosts and Old World Wonders - with her early work and uncollected stories |
| Notes |
"A John Macrae book." |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| LC no. |
95026312 |
| ISBN |
0805044620 (acid-free paper) |
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