The Bloody Chamber
by Angela Carter · 1979
Literary Fiction · ranked #32 in category
Carter's collection of ten dark, sensuous fairy tale retellings — including reimaginings of Bluebeard, Beauty and the Beast, Red Riding Hood and Puss in Boots — transforms the source material through a feminist and psychoanalytic lens. The title story in particular is one of the most analysed texts in A-level English Literature, a dazzling study of desire, power and the violence concealed in romantic convention.
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