The Loves of Lady Purple The tale of a sensuous lifesize female puppet who tours the world, Is called upon to kill his only son, for a crime his executioner's mask

The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter In a degenerate tribe where incest is a capital offence, an executioner It contains the following:Įarly Work, 1962-6 The Man Who Loved a Double Bass A man's doting relationship with his double bass leads to a poignant double tragedy.Ī Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home A mother tells her son the story of her life, and with it, reveals a secret that proves her downfall and sets him free.Ī tale told entirely in Victorian slang a drunken man beats up a woman in the street and then runs off to a whorehouse.įireworks: Nine Profane Pieces, 1974 A Souvenir of Japan A lucid vision of Japan through the eyes of a woman in an ever This collection brings together majority of Carter's short fiction, andĪll of it shines with her unique genius. 'The Scarlet House', 'The Snow Pavilion' and 'The Quilt Maker'.(Collected Short Stories) by Angela Carter 'Lizzie's Tiger', 'John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore', 'Gun for the Devil', 'The Merchant of Shadows', 'The Ghost Ships', 'In Pantoland', 'Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost', 'Alice in Prague or The Curious Room' and 'Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene'.

American Ghosts and Old World Wonders (1993).

'Black Venus', 'The Kiss', 'Our Lady of the Massacre', 'The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe', 'Overture and Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Peter and the Wolf', 'The Kitchen Child' and 'The Fall River Axe Murders'.

Black Venus (aka 'Saints and Strangers') (1985).

'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' and 'Wolf-Alice'. 'A Souvenir of Japan', 'The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter', 'The Loves of Lady Purple', 'The Smile of Winter', 'Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest', 'Flesh and the Mirror', 'Master', 'Reflections' and 'Elegy for a Freelance'. 'The Man Who Loved a Double Bass', 'A Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home' and 'A Victorian Fable (with Glossary)'.

The book also includes an introduction by author Salman Rushdie. It includes stories previously collected in her other short story collections: Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces ( 1974), The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories ( 1979), Black Venus (aka Saints and Strangers) ( 1985) and American Ghosts and Old World Wonders ( 1993) as well as six previously un-collected stories.

Cover of the first edition, published by Chatto & Windus.īurning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories ( 1995) is a posthumously-published collection of short stories by English writer Angela Carter.

Burning Your Boats by Angela Carter