A collection of short stories, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
was first published in 1979 and awarded the Cheltenham Festival Literary
Prize.
This Audible exclusive adaptation is narrated by legendary actors,
Richard Armitage and Emilia Fox, who take on different chapters of the
audiobook. Among these are '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'.
About the book
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories is a titillating series of dark,
sensual and fantastical stories, inspired by well-known fairy tales and
folklore.
Dissatisfied with the unrealistic portrayal of women in these legendary
fables, Carter turns them on their head, introducing subversively dark,
sensual and gothic narratives.
Breathing new and unexpected life into favourite childhood characters
such as Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard and Beauty and the Beast, Carter
shocks, seduces and amuses the listener with her unique, iconic and
surrealist reimagining.
About the author
Angela Carter was born in 1940, in Sussex. She grew up in the shabbily
respectable south London district of Balham, the second child of an
eccentric journalist father and a neurotic housewife mother.
She studied English at Bristol University before travelling, teaching
and writing numerous best-selling novels. They have all received
critical acclaim and remain firm favourites of modern English
literature.
Angela was a feminist throughout her life, wrote for Spare Rib
magazine and voted Labour. Her novels are wholly reflective of her world
views and continue to inspire new generations of men and women
worldwide.
About the narrator
Best known for his roles in The Hobbit, Hannibal, Captain America,
Robin Hood, Spooks and North and South, Richard Armitage has
established himself as one of the greatest British actors of our time.
With 14 audiobooks under his belt, including David Hewson's Romeo and
Juliet: A Novel and Georgette Heyer's Venetia, Richard's story
telling abilities have not gone unnoticed. In 2014, he was merited with
having narrated the Audiobook of the Year, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A
Novel.
Emilia Fox is an English actress who has starred as Dr Nikki Alexander
on BBC Crime drama, Silent Witness, since 2004. Her other TV and film
credits include Merlin, Pride and Prejudice, The Pianist, The Casual
Vacancy and Inside No. 9.
Also no stranger to audiobook productions, Emilia delivers a myriad of
powerhouse performances such as in Philippa Gregory's The White Queen,
Muriel Spark's The Complete Short Stories, JP Delaney's The Girl
Before and Anne Bronte's Agnes Grey.
