angela carter the bloody chamber and other stories

Marriages and familyĪfter leaving school she worked at the Croydon Advertiser for a short time, before she joined her soon-to-be husband Paul Carter in 1960. Here she frequently went on trips with her father to the Granada Cinema in Tooting, which started her lifelong love of the cinema and film.

After the war, she attended school in Balham, South London. She spent much of her childhood with her grandmother in Yorkshire, where she was sent to escape the dangerous wartime bombings. Her father brought her long rolls of white paper from his office, and while her parents chatted she wrote stories in crayon. Her mother never put her to bed until after midnight, when her father got back from work. She was gifted with treats, kittens, and storybooks. She was also a strong believer in women having control over their own narrative.Ĭarter is perhaps best known for The Bloody Chamber (1979), a sort of re-envisioned imagining of the classic European fairy tales.Ĭarter was born to a journalist father, Hugh Alexander Stalker, and mother, Olive, who worked as a cashier at a local grocery store.īoth parents spoiled her to no end. Her work breaks taboo, often being labeled provocative. Her varied influences included fairy tales, gothic fantasy, Shakespeare, Surrealism, and the cinema of Godard and Fellini. Born in Eastbourne, England, she is considered one of Britain’s most original writers for her eclectic range of themes and genres. Angela Carter (May 7, 1940– February 16, 1992), born Angela Olive Stalker, was an English novelist, short story writer, and journalist.

Angela carter the bloody chamber and other stories