Nights at the Circus

Welcome to the circus - strange, dirty and shameless, this is the greatest show on Earth. Sophie Fevvers is a seductress, a braggart and an ariel performer in 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. **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**READER LOVE - JOIN THE CIRCUS:'My God. What a breathtaking journey.''It plays itself out like a fabulous carnival.''Now I'm done, and I don't know what to do with myself''[B]eautifully written and surprisingly life-affirming, while also being strange, sly, and sexed-up''Angela Carter's world is, as always, a dirty, earthy, erotic, yet soaringly ethereal place to spend one's time'The Vintage Classics Weird Girls series: Dive into the depraved, delectable depths of weird fiction with nine books by nine pioneering female authors. Bold, disruptive, chilling and enchanting, these tales of the weird are strange enough to get lost in.

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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.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH WATERS

**One of the BBC''s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

''A spellbinding achievement'' Literary Review

''Raunchy, raucous...a rich, turn of the 19th century world, which reeks of human and animal variety'' The Times

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• | Author: Angela Carter
• | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• | Publication Date: Sep 04, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781529955606
• | ISBN-10: 1529955602