The Magic Toyshop

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Angela Carter`s classic The Magic Toyshop is a story of discovery, dramatic growth & sexual awakening. Melanie ventures in the midnight garden wearing her mother`s wedding dress; having closed herself out of the house, she climbs the apple tree in front of her window in the black of the moon, naked, in an attempt to go back to her room. Omens of disaster swiftly follow, transporting Melanie from rural comfort to London, to her uncle`s mysterious Toyshop.A story that uses magic, myth & constant reference to fairy tales to drags you into a dark enchanted London, where everything seems to governed by fear, lust & danger. A London that is smoky, dichensian & truce, populated by her Uncle Phillips` uncannily life-sized puppets & by darkness, which surrounds all things & eats away their colours. Angela Carter`s writing is pyrotechnic, fuelled with ideas, packed with images & spangling the night with her starry language. & The Magic Toyshop established her as one of the most imaginative & original writers of the twentieth century.