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Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest

Angela Carter

First published 1974
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A sister and brother live in an Eden-like paradise, a place defined by their prepubescent innocence. As they grow older the mysterious forest which surrounds them becomes evermore alluring, they explore its depths finding at last a tree bearing a beautifully ripe fruit; when they eat it they notice the curves of each others changing bodies. (Wikipedia)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1974 Cover Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces Quartet Books Collection
1976 Cover Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces Quartet Books Collection
May 1981 Cover Fireworks Harper & Row Collection 51
February 1982 Cover Fireworks Harper Colophon Collection 51
1987 Cover Fireworks Virago Collection 47
April 1987 Cover Fireworks Chatto & Windus Collection 47
December 1987 Cover Fireworks Penguin Books (US) Collection
1988 Cover Artificial Fire McClelland and Stewart Omnibus 50
June 1988 Fireworks Virago Collection
1992 Fireworks Virago Collection 47
May 1994 Fireworks Penguin Books (US) Collection
July 1995 Cover Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories Chatto & Windus Collection 58
April 1996 Cover Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories Henry Holt Collection 58
July 1996 Cover Burning Your Boats: Collected Stories Vintage (UK) Collection 58
August 1997 Cover Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 58
2004 Cover Fireworks Virago Collection 47
October 2006 Cover Fireworks Virago Collection