{"product_id":"the-modern-fairies-9780241672464","title":"The Modern Fairies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE TADEUSZ BRADECKI PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel with oodles of charm' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegant, decadent, vulgar, clever, enchanting and dark' Sarah Perry, author of \u003ci\u003eEnlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVersailles, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo 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 \u003ci\u003eContes de Fées \u003c\/i\u003e- 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant and bawdy, romantic and provocative, \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Fairies\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling novel inspired by real events, about the delights and dangers of storytelling in dark times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny, filthy, dancingly clever ... A delectable confection of many-layered pleasures  I gobbled it all up, Joanna Quinn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Whalebone Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sentences sing on the page with wit and intelligence ... Reminds the reader of the enduring power of storytelling to transform and even save lives, then and now' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017674031447,"sku":"9780241672464","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241672464.jpg?v=1750774309","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-modern-fairies-9780241672464","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}