Heroes and Villains

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Heroes and Villains is a dystopian novel by Angela Carter that blends post-apocalyptic adventure with gothic and fairy-tale elements to explore power, desire, and civilization’s collapse.

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instanceOf novel
antagonist Jewel NERFINISHED
author Angela Carter NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
exploresTheme barbarism versus civilization
civilization’s collapse
class division
desire
gender roles
myth and storytelling
power
violence
firstEditionFormat print
followedBy The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman NERFINISHED
genre dystopian fiction
fantasy
gothic fiction
post-apocalyptic fiction
speculative fiction
hasElement allegory
fairy-tale motifs
gothic imagery
romantic quest
ruined cities
tribal societies
hasMainCharacter Jewel NERFINISHED
Marianne NERFINISHED
hasPageCountApprox 150–200 pages
hasStyle lyrical prose
surreal
symbolic
language English
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor blend of dystopia and fairy-tale elements
feminist reinterpretation of genre conventions
partOfAuthorOeuvre Angela Carter’s early novels
precededBy Several Perceptions NERFINISHED
protagonist Marianne NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1969
publisher Heinemann NERFINISHED
setting post-apocalyptic world
ruined future landscape
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodOfSetting unspecified future

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Angela Carter notableWork Heroes and Villains