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Nights at the Circus

Angela Carter (1984)

SubgenreMagical Realism
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.87

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentSteamy
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

Animal Harm

Hero archetypes

Journalist

Heroine archetypes

Supernatural Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble Cast

Synopsis

American journalist Jack Walser travels with an enchanted circus that feature literate chimpanzees, tragic clowns, idealist brigands, a structuralist Siberian shaman, and a six-foot, two-inch blond aerialist who is part swan and part woman.

Tags

Literary FictionHistorical FantasyPicaresque