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The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter

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The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter

Ted Gioia
Jan 1, 2000
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If books had lists of ingredients, in the manner of packaged foods, the disclosure statement on The Magic Toyshop might well read: "pure and unadulterated Dickens." Here are all the familiar elements: orphaned children grappling with the dark side of London amidst eccentric characters whose odd appearances and quirky behavior are simultaneously beguilin…

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