The modern fairies / Clare Pollard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollard, Clare, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 1651-1705--Fiction.

Aulnoy.

Fairy tales--Authorship--Fiction.

Fairy tales.

Salons--France--Fiction.

Salons.

Aristocracy (Social class)--France--Fiction.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Versailles (France)--History--17th century--Fiction.

Versailles (France).

France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715--Fiction.

France.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xiv, 249 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Versailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream. It's a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back the lavish exterior of polite society, and you'll find a dark undercurrent of sexual intrigue and vicious gossip. Nobody is safe here - no matter how highly born they are. No one knows this better than Madame Marie d'Aulnoy. Each week, a rogue group of intellectuals gather at her Parisian home to debate, flirt and perform Contes de F̌es - fairy tales - that challenge the status quo, at a salon that will change the course of literature forever. But while they weave tales of glass slippers, enchanted beasts and long-haired princesses, a wolf is lurking, who threatens to destroy the members of the salon one by one. Brilliant and bawdy, romantic and provocative, The Modern Fairies is a dazzling novel inspired by real events, about the delights and dangers of storytelling in dark times" -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781668049419

1668049414

OCLC:

1428769844