The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

This is a wonderful little book of stories. I first became aware of Carter’s writing when I was a kid, finding Neil Jordan’s film adaptation of Carter’s story, The Company of Wolves. I loved the movie and watched it over and over again. I finally found it on DVD a couple of years ago and decided to hunt up some of Carter’s books again.

This particular volume contains the story that was the basis of Jordan’s film, as well as several other retellings of fairy tales and myths. Carter recasts Beauty and the Beast, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Little Red Riding Hood. I loved it. Just loved it.

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