The Magic Toyshop

Angela Carter, Carmen Callil

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English

Virago
08 May 2018

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Myth & legend told as fiction

Series: VMC

In this, her second novel, (awarded the 1967 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) Angela Carter's brilliant imagination and starting intensity of style explore and extend the nature and boundaries of love. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.

'This crazy world whirled around her, men and women dwarfed by toys and puppets, where even the birds are mechanical and the few human figures went masked... She was in the night once again, and the doll was herself.'

One night Melanie walks through the garden in her mother's wedding dress. The next morning her world is shattered. Forced to leave the home of her childhood, she is sent to live with relatives she has never met: gentle Aunt Margaret, mute since her wedding day; and her brothers, Francie and Finn. Brooding over all is Uncle Philip, who loves only the toys he makes in his workshop: clockwork roses and puppets that are life-size - and uncannily life-like.

By: Angela Carter
Introduction by: Carmen Callil
Imprint: Virago
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 2410
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 205g
ISBN: 9780349010311
ISBN 10: 0349010315
Series: VMC
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 08 May 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Angela Carter was born in 1940. One of Britain's most original and disturbing writers, she died in 1992.

Reviews for The Magic Toyshop

The boldest of English women writers - Lorna Sage Her writing is pyrotechnic - fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling the night sky with her starry language - Observer She can glide from ancient to modern, from darkness to luminosity, from depravity to comedy without any hint of strain and without losing the elusive power of the original tales - The Times