The Bloody Chamber (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Angela Olive Stalker
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The twentieth century
- Setting: Paris and Brittany
- Principal Characters: The narrator, The Marquis, Her widowed mother, Jean-Yves
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Teenagers, Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, Marriage, Paris, Castles, Trains, Corruption, Weddings, Pornography, Sleep, Gifts
- Locales: France, Paris, France, Brittany, France
The Story
An anonymous narrator remembers her wedding night and the events that ensued. On that night she lies in her train berth too excited to sleep, as she goes from her mother's small Paris apartment to the Breton castle of the man she has just married. Her husband sleeps in an adjoining berth; they have agreed to delay consummating the marriage until they arrive at the castle.
The narrator scarcely knows her husband, except for the facts that he is older, richer, and more experienced than she. She is only seventeen, and quite innocent, whereas the Marquis has...
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