![]() ![]() In fact, these are new stories, not re-tellings. “ The Bloody Chamber is often wrongly described as a group of traditional fairy tales given a subversive feminist twist. They range in length from very short stories to novellas, and include:Ĭarter bristled at inaccurate descriptions of this collection, as described in this 2006 article by Helen Simpson in The Guardian, “Femme Fatale: Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber”: The Bloody Chamber is a collection of re-envisioned imaginings (not, as often described, retellings) of classic European fairy tales. Her work broke taboos and was often considered provocative. ![]() ![]() Her influences ranged from fairy tales, gothic fantasy, and Shakespeare to surrealism and the cinema of Godard and Fellini. A novelist, short story writer, and journalist, she earned a reputation as one of Britain’s most original writers. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (1979) is perhaps the best-known work by British author Angela Carter (1940 – 1992). ![]()
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