A reissue of a collection of short stories first published ten years ago. They include "The Company of Wolves", on which the prize-winning film of the same name was based. Angela Carter is the author of "Nights at the Circus" and "The Magic Toyshop".
“I will dress her in my own clothes, wind her up, send her back to perform the part of my father's daughter.”The Tiger's Bride
“The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers.”The Tiger's Bride
“Love is desire sustained by unfulfilment.”Puss-in-Boots
“They will be like shadows, they will be like wraiths, grey members of a congregation of nightmare; hark! his long wavering howl . . . an aria of fear made audible.”The Company of Wolves
The Bloody Chamber
The Courtship of Mr Lyon
The Tiger's Bride
Puss-in-Boots
The Erl-King
The Snow Child
The Lady of the House of Love
The Werewolf
The Company of Wolves
Wolf-Alice
Preceded by Darkness Weaves, and followed by Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Applause Musical Library).
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