Wise Children

Angela Carter

earliest edition we have, 1991 Farrar Straus Giroux, 1992 paperback 240 pages

In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora -- unacknowledged the daughters of Sir Melchior Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day -- were known as the Lucky Chances, with private lives as colorful and erratic as their careers. But now, at the age of 75, Dora is typing up their life story, and it is a tale indeed the Angela Carter tells....

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Editions we hold

Wise Children audiobook · 1998 · Chivers Audio Books · 9780754001997
Wise children edition · 1993 · Penguin
Wise children paperback · 1992 · Vintage · 234 pages
Wise Children paperback · 1992 · Farrar Straus Giroux · 240 pages · 9780374530945
Wise children edition · 1991 · Chatto & Windus · 234 pages

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