Angela Carter: Children’s books and fairy tales

A great piece here from the TLS: Angela Carter reviewing children’s picture book versions of fairy tales with typical earthy wit, bemoaning the toning down of the more brutal aspects of their sources. And a saddening extract from a review on young women in US urban gangs.

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Cat lover. 18C scholar on the dialogue and novel. Co-convenor OGOM Project
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