The Donkey Prince

"The Donkey Prince" is a short children's story written by Angela Carter and illustrated by Eros Kieth (who also the illustrator of Carter's Miss Z, the Dark Young Lady), it was first published in the USA by Simon and Schuster in 1970. It is based on the fairy tale The Donkey by the Brothers Grimm. The illustrated version is currently out of print but the story itself can be found in "Don't Bet on the Prince" (1987) by Jack Zipes.

Works by Angela Carter
Novels
  • Shadow Dance
  • The Magic Toyshop
  • Several Perceptions
  • Heroes and Villains
  • Love
  • The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
  • The Passion of New Eve
  • Nights at the Circus
  • Wise Children
Short Fiction
  • Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces
  • The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
  • The Bridegroom
  • Black Venus
  • American Ghosts and Old World Wonders
  • Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories
Poetry
  • Five Quiet Shouters
  • Unicorn
Dramatic Works
  • Come Unto These Golden Sands: Four Radio Plays
  • The Curious Room: Plays, Film Scripts and an Opera
  • The Holy Family Album
Children's Books
  • The Donkey Prince
  • Miss Z, the Dark Young Lady
  • Comic and Curious Cats
  • The Music People
  • Moonshadow
  • Sea-Cat and Dragon King
Non-Fiction
  • The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography
  • Nothing Sacred: Selected Writings
  • Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings
  • Shaking a Leg: Collected Journalism and Writing
Works as Editor
  • Wayward Girls and Wicked Women: An Anthology of Subversive Stories
  • The Virago Book of Fairy Tales
  • The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales
  • Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales
Works as Translator
  • The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
  • Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales
Film Adaptations
  • The Company of Wolves
  • The Magic Toyshop

Famous quotes containing the words donkey and/or prince:

    Heaven is the place where the donkey at last catches up with the carrot.
    Anonymous.

    Satan, what ails you? Where’s the famous tongue?
    Thou onetime Prince of Conversationists?
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)