Publishedin1979,TheBloodyChamberandOtherStories,whichreceivedtheCheltenhamFestivalLiteraryPrize,retellsclassicfairytales.AngelaCarterrevisesPuss-in-BootsandSleepingBeauty,forexample,fromanadult,twentieth-centuryperspective.Herrenditionsareintendedtodisturbandtitillateheraudience,insteadoflullingittosleep.ThetitlestoryrecaststhelegendofBluebeard,themysteriousFrenchnoblemanwhomurdershismanywives.Thelegend,asrecordedbytheseventeenth-centuryauthorCharlesPerrault,beginswiththemarriageofagirltoaneccentric,wealthyman.Calledawayonbusiness,thenewlywedhusbandleaveshiswifethekeystoeveryroomandcabinetinthehouse.Thiskeyringincludesonekeythatshemustnotuse:theonetotheroomattheendofthegreatgallery.Ofcourse,sheeventuallyenterstheroomforbiddentoher.Initshefindsthecorpsesofherhusband'spreviouswives,allwiththeirthroatscut.Startled,thegirldropsthekey,whichisenchantedandpermanentlystainedbythebloodonthefloor.Fromthisstain,Bluebearddiscoversherdisobedience.Heraiseshisscimitar,butjustintime,herbrothersarrivetoslaythemurderer.Thoughitfollowstheoriginaltaleinbasicstructure,TheBloodyChamberaddsdetailsofcharacterandsettingthatraiseissuesofsexualawakeningandsexualdepravity,ofthewilltolive,andoflifeinhell.Inhavingtheyoungbridebetheonetotellherstoryandinhavinghercourageousmothercometotherescue,moreover,Carterrevisitsanage-oldtalewithherfeministviewpoint.

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