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Nights At The Circus

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9780099388616

  • Length: 368  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 255g

  • RRP: £8.99

Nights At The Circus

Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan...or all fake?

Courted by the Prince of Wales and painted by Toulouse-Lautrec, she is an aerialiste extraordinaire and star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover the truth behind her identity. Dazzled by his love for her, and desperate for the scoop of a lifetime, Walser has no choice but to join the circus on its magical tour through turn-of-the-nineteenth-century London, St Petersburg and Siberia.

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9780099388616

  • Length: 368  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 255g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • "<i>Nights at the Circus</i> is a glorious enchantment. But an enchantment which is rooted in an earthy, rich and powerful language...It is a spell-binding achievement"

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About the Author

Angela Carter

Angela Carter was born in 1940 and read English at Bristol University, before spending two years living in Japan. She lived and worked extensively in the United States and Australia. Her first novel, Shadow Dance, was published in 1965, followed by the Magic Toyshop in 1967, which went on to win the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. She wrote a further four novels, together with three collections of Short Stories, two works of non-fiction and a volume of collected writings. Angela Carter died in 1992

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