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Angela Carter - The Second Virago Book Of Fairy Tales - 9781853816161 - KKD0006200
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The Second Virago Book Of Fairy Tales

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Description for The Second Virago Book Of Fairy Tales Paperback. A second collection of fairy tales by Angela Carter involving more alluring women, ailing warriors, enchantresses and seekers of revenge. They come from every corner of the globe to haunt, to entice, transform and even to help. Illustrator(s): Sargood, Corinna. Editor(s): Carter, Angela. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 271. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear

Such was the delight in Angela Carter's The Virago Book of Fairy Tales, that she compiled a second volume. And what a treasure trove it is, perfectly complemented by the bewitching drawings of Corinna Sargood, brimming with pretty maids and old crones, crafty women and bad girls, enchantresses and midwives, rascal aunts and odd sisters.
Here is a fabulous celebration of strong minds, low cunning, black arts and dirty tricks as could only have been collected by the unique Angela Carter, who wrote in her introduction to the first book 'I offer them in a ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853816161
SKU
KKD0006200
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Angela Carter
Angela Carter was born in 1940. One of Britain's most original and disturbing writers, she died in 1992.

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