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Nights at the Circus Paperback - 1986
by Carter, Angela
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- Title Nights at the Circus
- Author Carter, Angela
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 39557th
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1986-03-04
- Bookseller's Inventory # 5D400000AKA3_ns
- ISBN 9780140077032 / 0140077030
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Circus - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 85021407
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Sophi Fevversthe toast of Europe's capitals, courted by the Prince of Wales, painted by Toulouse-Lautrecis an aerialiste extraordinaire, star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover Fevvers's true identity: Is she part swan or all fake? Dazzled by his love for Fevvers, and desperate for the scoop of a lifetime, Walser joins the circus on its tour. The journey takes himand the readeron an intoxicating trip through turn-of-the-century London, St. Petersburg, and Siberiaa tour so magical that only Angela Carter could have created it.