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The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror

✍ Scribed by Ortberg, Mallory

Book ID
109944212
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.
Tongue
en-US
Weight
407 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781250113429

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✦ Synopsis

A collection of darkly playful stories based on classic folk and fairy tales (but with a feminist spin) that find the sinister in the familiar and the familiar in the alien --from Mallory Ortberg, author of Texts From Jane Eyre.

From Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from her beloved "Children's Stories Made Horrific" series, "The Merry Spinster" takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to readers of both The Toast and her best-selling debut Texts From Jane Eyre. The feature become among the most popular on the site, with each entry bringing in tens of thousands of views, as the stories proved a perfect vehicle for Ortberg's eye for deconstruction and destabilization. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and...

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