Wise Children

by Angela Carter (Author), Ali Smith (Introduction), Ali Smith (Introduction), Angela Carter (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $3.79

  This title is presented with an introduction by Ali Smith. A richly comic tale of the tangled fortunes of two theatrical families, the Hazards and the Chances, Angela Carter's witty and bawdy novel is populated with as many sets of twins, and mistaken identities as any Shakespeare comedy, and celebrates the magic of over a century of show business.

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  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

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  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.25

• New

  Paperback
  1992

  $11.50

  This title is presented with an introduction by Ali Smith. A richly comic tale of the tangled fortunes of two theatrical families, the Hazards and the Chances, Angela Carter's witty and bawdy novel is populated with as many sets of twins, and mistaken identities as any Shakespeare comedy, and celebrates the magic of over a century of show business.