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Elegy for a Freelance

Angela Carter

First published 1974
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A nameless revolutionary describes the lives of herself and her cohorts. As they prepare to commit an act of political terrorism, she relates the interactions that they have with their idiosyncratic neighbours. (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 112
February 1982 Cover Fireworks Harper Colophon Collection 112
1987 Cover Fireworks Virago Collection 103
April 1987 Cover Fireworks Chatto & Windus Collection 103
December 1987 Cover Fireworks Penguin Books (US) Collection
1988 Cover Artificial Fire McClelland and Stewart Omnibus 100
June 1988 Fireworks Virago Collection
1992 Fireworks Virago Collection 103
May 1994 Fireworks Penguin Books (US) Collection
July 1995 Cover Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories Chatto & Windus Collection 96
April 1996 Cover Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories Henry Holt Collection 96
July 1996 Cover Burning Your Boats: Collected Stories Vintage (UK) Collection 96
August 1997 Cover Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 96
2004 Cover Fireworks Virago Collection 103
October 2006 Cover Fireworks Virago Collection