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The Modern Fairies

By Clare Pollard

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The Modern Fairies

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WINNER OF THE TADEUSZ BRADECKI PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ENCORE AWARD 'A novel with oodles of charm' The Times 'Elegant, decadent, vulgar, clever, enchanting and dark' Sarah Perry, author of Enlightenment Versailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream. It's a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back the lavish exterior of polite society, and you'll find a dark undercurrent of sexual intrigue and vicious gossip. Nobody is safe here - no matter how highly born they are. No one knows this better than Madame Marie d'Aulnoy. Each week, a rogue group of intellectuals gather at her Parisian home to debate, flirt and perform Contes de Fées - fairy tales - that challenge the status quo, at a salon that will change the course of literature forever. But while they weave tales of glass slippers, enchanted beasts and long-haired princesses, a wolf is lurking, who threatens to destroy the members of the salon one by one. Brilliant and bawdy, romantic and provocative, The Modern Fairies is a dazzling novel inspired by real events, about the delights and dangers of storytelling in dark times. 'Funny, filthy, dancingly clever ... A delectable confection of many-layered pleasures ... I gobbled it all up, Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre 'The sentences sing on the page with wit and intelligence ... Reminds the reader of the enduring power of storytelling to transform and even save lives, then and now' The New York Times
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2025-04-03
Publication Date:
2025-04-03
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0241672465
ISBN13:
9780241672464
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
182 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
196 cm
Thickness:
22 cm

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