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Circus & Carnival

Nights at the Circus

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  • 1984 first published
  • 294 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (4 ratings)
  • 9 editions
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Published in 1984, Nights at the Circus is a circus fiction novel by Angela Carter. It deals with circus and circus performers.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 71 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions.

It runs to roughly 294 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Nights at the Circus

American journalist Jack Walser travels with an enchanted circus that feature literate chimpanzees, tragic clowns, idealist brigands, a structuralist Siberian shaman, and a six-foot, two-inch blond aerialist who is part swan and part woman.
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  • Circus
  • Circus performers
  • British and irish fiction, Fictional works by one author

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Who wrote Nights at the Circus?

Nights at the Circus was written by Angela Carter and first published in 1984.

What genre is Nights at the Circus?

It is usually shelved as Circus & Carnival.

How long is Nights at the Circus?

The median edition has 294 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Nights at the Circus?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Night Circus, Water for Elephants and The circus of Dr. Lao.

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