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Fairy Tale RetellingsGothic FictionFae & Fairy Fiction

The Magic Toyshop

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  • 1967 first published
  • 200 pages
  • ★ 3.2 (4 ratings)
  • 10 editions
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Published in 1967, The Magic Toyshop is a fairy-tale retelling and gothic fiction novel by Angela Carter. It takes readers to London in the 1960s. It deals with teenage girls, orphans, fairy tales and adaptations.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.2 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 103 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 10 editions.

At about 200 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.

About The Magic Toyshop

From back cover: "One night Melanie walks through the garden in her mother's wedding dress. The next morning her world is shattered. Forced to leave the comfortable home of her childhood, she is sent to London to live with relatives she has never met: Aunt Margaret, beautiful and speechless, and her brothers, Francie, whose graceful music belies his clumsy nature, and the volatile Finn, who kisses Melanie in the ruins of the pleasure gardens. And brooding Uncle Philip loves only the life-sized wooden puppets he creates in his toyshop. This classic gothic novel established Angela Carter as one of our most imaginative writers and augurs the themes of her later creative works."
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • Teenage girls
  • Orphans
  • Fairy tales
  • Gothic
  • Adaptations
  • British and irish fiction, Fictional works by one author

Quick answers

Who wrote The Magic Toyshop?

The Magic Toyshop was written by Angela Carter and first published in 1967.

What genre is The Magic Toyshop?

It is usually shelved as Fairy Tale Retellings, Gothic Fiction and Fae & Fairy Fiction.

How long is The Magic Toyshop?

The median edition has 200 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Magic Toyshop?

Readers who like it often enjoy Ash, Island and Thumbelina.

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