The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, by Angela Carter (Used)

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories is Angela Carter's 1979 collection of ten short stories reimagining classic fairy tales through a dark, gothic lens; Carter said her aim was to "extract the latent content from the traditional stories" rather than simply retell them. The stories feature sexually assertive heroines who subvert the patriarchal roles of the original tales, exploring transformation, desire and female agency in lush, macabre prose influenced by gothic fiction and magical realism.