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A Cage for the Nightingale

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Description:Phyllis Paul's seventh novel tells a story of fear, suspicion and sudden death. Its exciting, closely woven plot would make it a "thriller", were it not lifted far above that genre by this writer's unusual and sombre power: its subtle portrayal of character, and its disturbing suggestions of evil in a person or a place, make it reminiscent of Henry James's eerie masterpiece, The Turn of the Screw.Rachel Greenwood, the sensible, cheerful girl against whom all else in the book is skilfully contrasted, takes the post of companion to Victoria M, a young woman who lives in the country at Ashbank House—or Cannel Farm, as the place was called years before, when Victoria was accused of murdering the daughter of Dr. Constantine. After the girl had spent some years in a mental institution, the doctor had taken her back to Cannel Farm and provided a number of people to look after her and amuse her in that secluded place. Rachel, unfavourably impressed by the psychiatrist's glib charm, soon concludes that Victoria is not nearly as unbalanced as she is made out to be.But who can help Rachel to follow the carefully obscured path back to that distant September day? Not Pat Anderson, whose irresponsibility reflects her silly devotion to the doctor. Not the young chauffeur Maurice, with his eye to the main chance. Nor the doctor's two precocious illegitimate children. Henry Festing and his mother might help; but Henry, for some reason of his own, is afraid of Dr. Constantine.In an atmosphere charged like the air before a storm, A Cage for the Nightingale mounts to its dark climax.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Cage for the Nightingale. To get started finding A Cage for the Nightingale, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 272

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: The Sundial Press

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1908274115

Description: Phyllis Paul's seventh novel tells a story of fear, suspicion and sudden death. Its exciting, closely woven plot would make it a "thriller", were it not lifted far above that genre by this writer's unusual and sombre power: its subtle portrayal of character, and its disturbing suggestions of evil in a person or a place, make it reminiscent of Henry James's eerie masterpiece, The Turn of the Screw.Rachel Greenwood, the sensible, cheerful girl against whom all else in the book is skilfully contrasted, takes the post of companion to Victoria M, a young woman who lives in the country at Ashbank House—or Cannel Farm, as the place was called years before, when Victoria was accused of murdering the daughter of Dr. Constantine. After the girl had spent some years in a mental institution, the doctor had taken her back to Cannel Farm and provided a number of people to look after her and amuse her in that secluded place. Rachel, unfavourably impressed by the psychiatrist's glib charm, soon concludes that Victoria is not nearly as unbalanced as she is made out to be.But who can help Rachel to follow the carefully obscured path back to that distant September day? Not Pat Anderson, whose irresponsibility reflects her silly devotion to the doctor. Not the young chauffeur Maurice, with his eye to the main chance. Nor the doctor's two precocious illegitimate children. Henry Festing and his mother might help; but Henry, for some reason of his own, is afraid of Dr. Constantine.In an atmosphere charged like the air before a storm, A Cage for the Nightingale mounts to its dark climax.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Cage for the Nightingale. To get started finding A Cage for the Nightingale, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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