{"product_id":"the-bloody-chamber-by-angela-carter","title":"'The Bloody Chamber' by Angela Carter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:3f9281a3-b778-4d96-ae50-6996ad1c6227-66\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:3f9281a3-b778-4d96-ae50-6996ad1c6227-66\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:3f9281a3-b778-4d96-ae50-6996ad1c6227-66\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-32\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"6985b574-45da-4267-b22f-9744b9c398f8\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"419\"\u003eAngela Carter’s \u003cem data-start=\"16\" data-end=\"36\"\u003eThe Bloody Chamber\u003c\/em\u003e takes fairy tales back from the nursery and returns them to the locked rooms they were always hiding. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"419\"\u003eThese are not retellings in the polite “modern twist” sense. Carter opens Bluebeard, Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood and their relatives with a scalpel, then lets the old machinery keep moving. The result is lush, gothic, erotic, funny, and intellectually vicious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"419\"\u003eCarter understands that fairy tales are not simple moral containers but pressure chambers: places where gender, power, desire, danger and transformation can appear in their most concentrated forms. Her prose is famously rich, but not decorative. It works like velvet over a blade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"996\"\u003eA foundational book for anyone interested in gothic fiction, feminist revision, folklore, horror, surrealism, myth, and the deep weirdness of stories that pretend to be simple because they know exactly what they are doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1007\" data-end=\"1248\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage Classics hardback edition, 2006 imprint; first published in 1979. Includes introduction by Helen Simpson. Noticeable cover wear, creasing and corner bumping, especially top front corner; pages clean and readable. Solid reading copy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44656268214355,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-25T174045.695.png?v=1779694857","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-bloody-chamber-by-angela-carter","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}