Legend haunts Sophie Fevvers, a proud and elusive world-famous Cockney acrobat: she claims to have hatched from an egg and the wings she wears in her show are rumored to be real, and even her bones are hollow like a bird's. How else could someone so big be a trapeze artist? Attracted by the aura of mystery that surrounds Sophie, and willing to unmask her if necessary, the journalist Jack Walser interviews her, taking advantage of the fact that the circus where she works is visiting London. After meeting her, captivated by her charisma, Jack will decide to pursue her throughout Europe, on a journey that will lead them to Saint Petersburg and Siberia.

What is true and what is false in Fevvers? Is it necessary to go to the end of the world to meet the flesh and blood woman who hides behind the glitter and glamor of the stage? The truth, however, can sometimes be much more surprising than one might expect.

Full of quirky and unforgettable adventures and characters, Nights at the Circus, written by Angela Carter at the height of her talent, is the most successful novel by the great English author, and also one of her most ambitious, accessible and fun. And all this because at the heart of these prodigious pages stands Sophie Fevvers, a woman who, in what is surely the most daring and risky stunt of her life, has the courage to dream of herself.