In this iconic collection, Angela Carter transforms familiar fairy tales into dark, sensual and fiercely imaginative stories of desire, danger and power.

Bluebeard, Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood and other well-known tales emerge in unsettling new forms, populated by predatory husbands, seductive beasts, vampires and werewolves. Here, innocence is never simple, transformation comes at a price, and women refuse to remain helpless within stories written for them.

Lush, provocative and unmistakably gothic, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories is a feminist exploration of sexuality, violence and liberation—and a landmark collection in modern literature.