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Literary acclaim greets The Bloody Chamber, Angela's reimagined fairy tales. Edmund Gordon's illuminating portrait of Angela Carter's unconventional life. Emma Fielding reads.

Edmund Gordon's illuminating portrait of Angela Carter is the first authorised biography of her since her death almost twenty five years ago and charts her unconventional life and how her literary voice developed. In today's episode she finds success with The Bloody Chamber, her collection of funny and erotic fairy tales.

Read by Emma Fielding
Abridged by Sara Davies
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Oct 2016 00:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Emma Fielding
Author Edmund Gordon
Abridger Sara Davies
Producer Elizabeth Allard

Broadcasts

  • Thu 13 Oct 2016 09:45
  • Fri 14 Oct 2016 00:30

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