In a passage from one of this author's famous stories, the protagonist watches "a dozen husbands impale a dozen brides" while having sex with the Marquis in a room full of mirrors.
In a passage from one of this author's famous stories, the protagonist watches "a dozen husbands impale a dozen brides" while having sex with the Marquis in a room full of mirrors. Desiderio saves the Minister of Determination from the title character's "shock troops of the irreal" in this author's fantasy novel, The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffmann. Another of her books is about Lizzie Fevvers, a woman born out of an egg who uses her wings to become a trapeze artist. This author of Nights at the Circus had the heroine seduce a wolf in her (*) grandmother's bed in a version of Little Red Riding Hood, and had the bride's mother save her from her murderous husband in a version of the Bluebeard myth. For 10 points, name this English writer who retold folktales as feminist stories like "The Bloody Chamber."
In a passage from one of this author's famous stories, the protagonist watches "a dozen husbands impale a dozen brides" while having sex with the Marquis in a room full of mirrors.
Angela {Carter}