The Connell Guide to Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber (Advanced Short Study Guide) (Connell Short Guides)

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Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber is a concise collection of ten stories of varying length. The first story, “The Bloody Chamber”, is much longer than any of the others and sets the tone of the book. All the stories use themes and ideas from what are usually called “fairy tales”, but with them create something completely new and original.