Readers of Kate Atkinson, Kate Mosse, Stacey Halls and Eve Chase will love this powerful, atmospheric and blackly gothic depiction of Victorian artistic life from international multi-million copy seller Joanne Harris. Death, love, obsession, sex, murder and magic combine to make a compelling and haunting read...'A hauntingly evocative laudanum-dream of a novel' -- Time Out'A very compulsive read' -- ***** Reader review'Tremendous' -- ***** Reader review 'Real gothic page turner' -- ***** Reader review'A truly dark, ghostly and powerful read' -- ***** Reader review'The tension is gripping and kept going to the very end. I read it in one sitting!' -- ***** Reader review**********************************************************************************************************Henry Chester, a domineering and puritanical Victorian artist, is in search of the perfect model. In nine-year-old Effie he finds her.Ten years later, lovely, childlike and sedated, Effie seems the ideal wife. But something inside her is about to awaken.Drawn into a dangerous underworld of prostitution, murder and blackmail, she must finally plan her revenge...
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Sleep, Pale Sister, a powerful, atmospheric and blackly gothic evocation of Victorian artistic life, was originally published before Joanne Harris achieved worldwide recognition with Chocolat.Henry Chester, a domineering and puritanical Victorian artist, is in search of the perfect model.
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A hauntingly evocative laudanum-dream of a novel
The reissue of Joanne Harris's second novel, a consuming Gothic tale set in 19th century London
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780552771788
Publisert
2004-09-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Black Swan
Vekt
304 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
448
Forfatter