The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
Ranked #2 in Horror Anthologies, Ranked #5 in Short Stories — see more rankings.
In The Bloody Chamber - which includes the story that is the basis of Neil Jordan's 1984 movie The Company of Wolves - Carter spins subversively dark and sensual versions of familiar fairy tales and legends like "Little Red Riding Hood," "Bluebeard,"... more
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Emma Watson Recommends this book
Jack Zipes Yes. Angela Carter played a very important role in my life because I was born in 1937, a few years before she was born, and although we didn’t grow up together, we both grew up in a world where sexism was out in the open. There was no critique of the type of sexism that I experienced when I grew up, and I think the same is true for her. And we both experienced what a lot of people called the second wave of feminism in the 20th century. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories is ranked in the following categories:
- #37 in Anthology
- #13 in Fairy Tale
- #69 in Feminism
- #36 in Folklore
- #13 in Gothic
- #28 in Short
- #42 in Story
- #47 in Studying
- #59 in Surrealism
- #74 in Twist
- #65 in University
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