'Curiosity is the most fleeting of pleasures; the moment it is satisfied, it ceases to exist and it always proves very, very expensive.' Angela Carter's playful and subversive retellings of Charles Perrault's classic fairy tales conjure up a world of resourceful women, black-hearted villains, wily animals and incredible transformations. In these seven stories, bristling with frank, earthy humour and gothic imagination, nothing is as it seems. This book includes: "Bluebeard", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Puss in Boots", "The Sleeping Beauty of the Wood", "Cinderella: or, The Glass Slipper", "Ricky with the Tuft", and "The Foolish Wishes".
| ISBN | 0141195886 | | Pages | 80 | | ISBN13 | 9780141195889
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 56 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Height (mm) | 161 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 111 | | Publication date | 15 Feb 2011 | | Spine width (mm) | 6 | | DEWEY | 398.20944 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | |
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