In fact, these are new stories, not re-tellings. “ The Bloody Chamber is often wrongly described as a group of traditional fairy tales given a subversive feminist twist. They range in length from very short stories to novellas, and include:Ĭarter bristled at inaccurate descriptions of this collection, as described in this 2006 article by Helen Simpson in The Guardian, “Femme Fatale: Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber”: The Bloody Chamber is a collection of re-envisioned imaginings (not, as often described, retellings) of classic European fairy tales.
Her work broke taboos and was often considered provocative.
Her influences ranged from fairy tales, gothic fantasy, and Shakespeare to surrealism and the cinema of Godard and Fellini. A novelist, short story writer, and journalist, she earned a reputation as one of Britain’s most original writers. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (1979) is perhaps the best-known work by British author Angela Carter (1940 – 1992).
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