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Wise Children
Wise Children
Author: Angela Carter
Wise Children follows the fortunes of the Chance twins, Dora and Nora, taking in the story of their show business family -- the Hazards -- over the past century. Born illegitimately, spurned by their father Melchior and brought up by their landlady, Mrs Chance, Dora and Nora learn to dance, and begin to forge a career, “two girls po...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374291334
ISBN-10: 0374291330
Publication Date: 1/1992
Pages: 234
Rating:
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Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (T)
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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 caviglia avatar reviewed Wise Children on
Helpful Score: 2
Angela Carter's last novel is narrated by ancient former chorine, Dora Chance. The book is bawdy and hilarious, full of Shakespearean references and coincidences, mistaken identities, and at least five sets of twins. It reads like music hall magic realism and is a thorough delight.
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Carter's last novel; it's a playful, tragic story about the Chance sisters, twins who are the bastard children of one of England's great actors. While he walks the boards in Shakespearean productions to great acclaim, they live mostly unheard-of lives in music halls.


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