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      Nights at the Circus

      by Angela Carter
      Published
      Feb 1985
      Main Genre
      Steampunk Steampunk
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      304
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      Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction

      From the master of the literary supernatural and author of The Bloody Chamber, her acclaimed novel about the exploits of a circus performer who is part-woman, part-swan

      Sophi Fevvers—the toast of Europe's capitals, courted by the Prince of Wales, painted by Toulouse-Lautrec—is an aerialiste extraordinaire, star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover Fevvers's true identity: Is she part swan or all fake? Dazzled by his love for Fevvers, and desperate for the scoop of a lifetime, Walser joins the circus on its tour. The journey takes him—and the reader—on an intoxicating trip through turn-of-the-century London, St. Petersburg, and Siberia—a tour so magical that only Angela Carter could have created it.

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      Speculative Fiction

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      Historical Science Fiction Steampunk

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      Mar 1986 Penguin ISBN13 9780140077032 ISBN10 0140077030
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      First Edition Feb 1985 Viking ISBN13 9780670803750 ISBN10 0670803758
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