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