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Bluebeard (Penguin Mini Modern Classics) [Kindle Edition]

Angela Carter (Author)
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'Curiosity is the most fleeting of pleasures; the moment 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.

About the Author

Angela Carter was born in Eastbourne in 1940. She wrote nine novels and numerous short stories, as well as non-fiction, radio plays, and the screenplay for Neil Jordan's 1984 movie The Company of Wolves, based on her story. She won numerous literary awards, travelled and taught widely in the UK and US. She was also writer in residence at several universities. She died in London in 1992.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 108 KB
  • Print Length: 80 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (15 Feb 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004MYFQF4
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #23,431 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Completely pointless 20 Jun 2011
Format:Paperback
The back blurb of this book says it contains "subversive retellings" of Perrault's Fairy Tales. This is not true. These stories are exactly Perrault's Fairy Tales as he wrote them (only sometimes shortened). The only thing Carter has added is a two or three sentence trivial Moral to each tale. Instead of buying this book, get a decent translation of the original Perrault - but beware you do not get later versions, sanitized for very small children (check if Sleeping Beauty had two children in the bramble covered castle). And then invent your own Morals.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Kindle Edition
The title of this book is extremely misleading. This is not Angela Carter's Bluebeard at all, but rather Carter's translation of Charles Perrault's Bluebeard and some other fairytales. It's a bit naughty of Penguin not to make this clear in the blurb, where the tales are described as "playful and subversive retellings", rather than making it clear that they're actually fairly faithful translations. I suppose it was the only way for them to include Carter in their Mini Modern Classics series, as most of her work (including her own set of fairy tales, The Bloody Chamber) is published by Vintage or Virago.

But leaving the fact that this is actually Perrault and not Carter aside, this is a little gem of a book and the fact that Carter kept close to his original works is a bonus. Most versions of Perrault's tales are all too familiar, but Carter's translation perfectly captures the satire, wit and elegance you would expect from a 17th century lawyer at the French court.

So it's one star for Penguin's marketing tactics, but five for Perrault's original tales. Readers expecting Carter's darker, modern retellings will be disappointed, but Perrault's originals offer a surprisingly fresh outlook on all too familiar tales.
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