Opening on 4 March 2021, ?Nights at the Circus? will run until 2 April 2021. Eileen Cooper?s artwork for this edition will be displayed online at the Sims Reed Gallery in London. This is a sensational edition of one of the 20th century?s greatest literary spectacles. Sarah Waters?s novel Tipping the Velvet trod the same theatrical boards as Nights at the Circus, and here she provides an introduction celebrating Carter?s ?masterpiece? and the author?s unique power to ?unsettle as well as to inspire and console?. A Royal Academician, Cooper has credited fairy tales, mythology and the female figure as core inspirations for her work, making her the perfect artist to bring Carter?s lush imagery to life. Stuffed to the gills with Angela Carter?s wildly original storytelling, gorgeously slippery language, and all the pleasures and horrors of a fairy tale, this first illustrated edition features nine exclusive colour illustrations and a set of black-and-white chapter headings by celebrated printmaker Eileen Cooper.

illustrated, signed and remarqued by the artist Eileen Cooper RA Nights at the Circus tells the story of Sophie Fevvers, half woman, half swan, all super star, and journalist Jack Walser?s quest to find the truth behind her unlikely legend. ?Bound in printed and blocked cloth Set in Laurentian 376 pages 9 colour and 13 black & white integrated illustrations Gold slipcase 9½? x 6¼?. The exhibition is a unique opportunity for admirers of both Eileen Copper and Angela Carter to discover what happens when the creative genius of these two inspirational women collides.

illustrated, signed and dated by the artist Eileen Cooper RA Nights at the Circus tells the story of Sophie Fevvers, half woman, half swan, all super star, and journalist Jack Walser?s quest to find the truth behind her unlikely legend.

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