The Bloody chamber and other stories. Angela Carter. 2012.

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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by the British writer Angela Carter. Each of the stories reworks a famous folk tale: the story which gives the collection its title is based on ‘Blue Beard’ in which an older man takes a younger wife and commands her not to enter a certain room in his castle. When she does, she discovers it contains the bodies of his previous wives.


The Bloody Chamber 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

Book is located in slipcase and still shrink wrapped since manufacture