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"The Burning Boat" is a complete collection of Angela Carter's short stories, including forty-two short stories, including four previously published collections "Fireworks", "The Bloody Chamber", "Black Venus", "American Ghosts and Wonders of the Old World" and six uncollected works. Most of these short stories are based on myths, legends, literary classics and religious stories. Literary Witch Carter uses the principles of psychoanalysis to see and dismantle these cultural heritages of all mankind, implant feminist perspectives into the consciousness components of the old world, reinstall myths and legends of the new world, and construct a "myth reshaping project" to compete with the myths and legends of the entire patriarchal culture. It has become a great classic of fantasy literature and feminism, and has had a broad and far-reaching social impact. Throughout "The Burning Boat", the stunning writing and sensational stories unfold like a grand illusion, performing forty-two levels of "Inception" on patriarchal culture.

Once upon a time, spooky stories weren't just for children, and that's what "Classic Library: Angela Carter's Spooky Tales" is all about. "The Collection: Angela Carter's Fairy Tales" includes lyrical stories, gory tales, hilarious tales and raunchy tales from all over the world, from the Arctic to Asia - there are no dim princesses and sentimental fairies; instead, we see beautiful maids and wizened old women, cunning women and misbehaving girls, witches and midwives, bad aunts and strange sisters. These remarkable stories celebrate strong will, despicable deceit, sorcery and intrigue, and could only have been collected by the dearly missed Angela Carter.

Feifei, the heroine of the novel, was born with a pair of dreamy wings and won the title of "Venus of London". She captured the hearts of countless viewers and aroused the desires of many men. Reporter Walls became suspicious: "Is she an angel who fell into the world, or is she a deceptive trick?" In order to clarify the truth, and for the sake of his growing love, he followed Feifei in a traveling circus performance, from London to St. Petersburg, and then to Siberia. The legendary story has begun: the happy time in Nelson's mother-in-law's brothel as a child, growing wings and trying to fly for the first time, selling herself to the Freak Museum, almost becoming a sacrifice for a wealthy businessman seeking immortality, becoming a star of the circus, and escaping from the clutches of the sinister and cunning Duke...

The protagonist of this story, like many fairy tale protagonists before him, must leave home and embark on a dangerous journey of self-discovery. The background of the story is that the world has been severely damaged by nuclear war, and human society has returned to what it was like in the Middle Ages. Marianne, a girl with cold eyes, lives in the White Tower with her father and other professors. The White Tower is a symbol and fortress of civilization, but she deeply hates the life here and wants to escape. Outside the White Tower is a dark and mysterious forest, with overgrown vegetation and rampant wild beasts. There are barbarians who live by plundering and hunting, and mutants who behave like zombies. Beyond the barriers, what awaits her is a declining paradise, a barbaric young man covered in tattoos named Pearl, the spiritual leader of the tribe and the crazy wizard Donali... In the torn between civilization and barbarism, nothing scares her. The only thing she fears is the loss of freedom...

"Dance of Shadows" established Carter's crazy and psychedelic writing style. Although it is still greener than his later works, it appears more bizarre and bold because of it. Most of the characters in the story are incomplete on the inside. The protagonist Maurice is cowardly and indifferent, but his heart is full of struggle and uneasiness when facing injustice; Beehawk is cruel and vicious, and can be said to be the embodiment of evil. She has a fascinating appearance but is rotten and full of madness on the inside; Ghislaine changes from "Angel" She became a "demon", but because of her unprovoked self-abuse and extremely crazy love for the Beehawk, she was unable to make people feel love and pity. Emily, who seemed calm and rational, was just like a robot on the inside. When faced with family, friendship and love, her usual approach was to compare and coldly discard the unappreciated party.