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Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories

Angela Carter · 1995collection

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Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories (1995) is a posthumously-published collection of short stories by English writer Angela Carter. It includes stories previously collected in her other short story collections: Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (1974), The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (1979), Black Venus (1985) and American Ghosts and Old World Wonders (1993) as well as six previously un-collected stories. The book also includes an introduction by author Salman Rushdie.

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Contents

  1. 1The Man Who Loved a Double Bassshort story
  2. 2A Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Homeshort story
  3. 3A Victorian Fable (With Glossary)short story
  4. 4A Souvenir of Japanshort story
  5. 5The Executioner's Beautiful Daughtershort story
  6. 6The Loves of Lady Purpleshort story
  7. 7The Smile of Wintershort story
  8. 8Penetrating to the Heart of the Forestshort story
  9. 9Flesh and the Mirrorshort story
  10. 10Mastershort story
  11. 11Reflectionsnovelette
  12. 12Elegy for a Freelanceshort story
  13. 13The Bloody Chambernovelette
  14. 14The Courtship of Mr. Lyonshort story
  15. 15The Tiger's Brideshort story
  16. 16Puss-in-Bootsshort story
  17. 17The Erlkingshort story
  18. 18The Snow Childshort story
  19. 19The Lady of the House of Loveshort story
  20. 20The Werewolfshort story
  21. 21The Company of Wolvesshort story
  22. 22Wolf Aliceshort story
  23. 23Black Venusshort story
  24. 24The Kissshort story
  25. 25Our Lady of the Massacreshort story
  26. 26The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poeshort story
  27. 27Overture and Incidental Music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"short story
  28. 28Peter and the Wolfshort story
  29. 29The Kitchen Childshort story
  30. 30The Fall River Axe Murdersshort story
  31. 31Lizzie's Tigershort story
  32. 32John Ford's "'Tis Pity She's a Whore"novelette
  33. 33Gun for the Devilnovelette
  34. 34The Merchant of Shadowsnovelette
  35. 35The Ghost Shipsshort story
  36. 36In Pantolandshort story
  37. 37Ashputtle: or, The Mother's Ghostshort story
  38. 38Alice in Prague or The Curious Roomshort story
  39. 39The Scarlet Houseshort story
  40. 40The Snow Pavilionshort story
  41. 41The Quilt Makershort story