The  bloody chamber and other stories
By: by Angela Carter.
Publisher: Gollancz; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 1979
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Description: Familiar tales retold with a dark gothic twist, each tempered with a saucy wit and the ability to impart new meaning onto old standards. Heroines are erotic, independent and canny, and their victories contain a bite, an edge that places these tales outside the traditional happy ending. Stories are beautifully overblown and hyperreal, with a sly, subtle humour that tempers even the darkest tale. This world is very female, where the instigators of action and solvers of perilous events are mothers, daughters, wives and wild girls.
Table of contents: title: The bloody chamber; title: The courtship of Mr. Lyon; title: The tiger's bride; title: Puss-in-Boots; title: The Erl-King; title: The snow child; title: The lady of the house of love; title: The werewolf; title: The company of wolves; title: Wolf-Alice.