Black Venus (short story collection)
1985 short story collection by Angela Carter
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Black Venus (also published as Saints and Strangers) is a collection of short fiction by Angela Carter. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1985 by Chatto & Windus Ltd. and contains eight stories, the majority of which are concerned with re-imagining the lives of certain figures in history, with a particular emphasis on some well known through literature.
Hardback edition cover | |
| Author | Angela Carter |
|---|---|
| Original title | Saints and Strangers |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Anthology |
| Published | 1985 by Chatto & Windus |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 121 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-7011-3964-3 |
| OCLC | 15631047 |
The "Black Venus" of the title story is Jeanne Duval, the lover of poet Charles Baudelaire.[1] The anthology's contents are also reprinted in the volume Burning Your Boats, which features all of Carter's short fiction.[1]
Contents
- “Black Venus”
- “The Kiss”
- “Our Lady of the Massacre”
- “The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe”
- “Overture and Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream”
- “Peter and the Wolf”
- “The Kitchen Child”
- “The Fall River Axe Murders”[2]
