Sleep, Pale Sister (P.S.)
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Product Description
Before the sweet delight of Chocolat, before the heady concoction that is Blackberry Wine, and before the tart pleasures of Five Quarters of the Orange, bestselling author Joanne Harris wrote Sleep, Pale Sister -- a gothic tourde-force that recalls the powerfully dark sensibility of her novel Holy Fools.
Originally published in 1994 -- and never before available in the United States -- Sleep, Pale Sister is a hypnotically atmospheric story set in nineteenth century London. When puritanical artist Henry Chester sees delicate child beauty Effie, he makes her his favorite model and, before long, his bride. But Henry, volatile and repressed, is in love with an ideal. Passive, docile, and asexual, the woman he projects onto Effie is far from the woman she really is. And when Effie begins to discover the murderous depths of Henry's hypocrisy, her latent passion will rise to the surface.
Sleep, Pale Sister combines the ethereal beauty of a Pre-Raphaelite painting with a chilling high gothic tale and is a testament to Harris's brimming cornucopia of talents.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
Before the sweet delight of Chocolat, before the heady concoction that is Blackberry Wine, and before the tart pleasures of Five Quarters of the Orange, bestselling author Joanne Harris wrote Sleep, Pale Sister -- a gothic tourde-force that recalls the powerfully dark sensibility of her novel Holy Fools.
Originally published in 1994 -- and never before available in the United States -- Sleep, Pale Sister is a hypnotically atmospheric story set in nineteenth century London. When puritanical artist Henry Chester sees delicate child beauty Effie, he makes her his favorite model and, before long, his bride. But Henry, volatile and repressed, is in love with an ideal. Passive, docile, and asexual, the woman he projects onto Effie is far from the woman she really is. And when Effie begins to discover the murderous depths of Henry's hypocrisy, her latent passion will rise to the surface.
Sleep, Pale Sister combines the ethereal beauty of a Pre-Raphaelite painting with a chilling high gothic tale and is a testament to Harris's brimming cornucopia of talents.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
I am taking this to the Bookcrossing meeting at the Joshua Tree today to give to Fracula since I saw it on her wishlist. I hope she enjoys it :)
What a surprise to be granted my first wishlist book! Thank you so much minerva101, for your thoughtfulness!
After I read "Five Quarters of the Orange" I just wanted to read every other book by Joanne Harris. I just can't wait to dig into this and so appreciate this kind gesture!
After I read "Five Quarters of the Orange" I just wanted to read every other book by Joanne Harris. I just can't wait to dig into this and so appreciate this kind gesture!
This book, while good, shows how far the write of Chocolat and Five Quarters of an Orange, has developed since this early work.
I liked how each chapter was from the viewpoint of the different characters, but was annoyed at the amount of words I had to consume to figure it out each time... Maybe a sign that I'm a lazy reader....
Like Minerva101, I enjoyed the PS pages. Thanks again for the wishlist book!
I liked how each chapter was from the viewpoint of the different characters, but was annoyed at the amount of words I had to consume to figure it out each time... Maybe a sign that I'm a lazy reader....
Like Minerva101, I enjoyed the PS pages. Thanks again for the wishlist book!
Sending this wishlist book to another BookCrosser. I hope she enjoys this surprise!
It is with pleasure that I received this surprise RABCK of a book on my wishlist! And I love the perfume samples, so nice of you to include them! I am looking forward to reading this and will pass it on when I am done.
I enjoyed reading this gothic, ghostly story. The author has a gift for description so the book really drew me in and I read it quickly.
The story is about, well how to say this without giving the story away, it concerns a painter and a young woman that he becomes obsessed with. The painter isn't quite normal, the young woman is charmed and later alarmed as the painter shows himself to be a pretty twisted individual. Then we get involved with another man, a con artist kind of guy, and also a Madam who has more on her mind than just selling her girls. It is a pretty dark story.
This book is reserved for the All in the Family Bookbox.
The story is about, well how to say this without giving the story away, it concerns a painter and a young woman that he becomes obsessed with. The painter isn't quite normal, the young woman is charmed and later alarmed as the painter shows himself to be a pretty twisted individual. Then we get involved with another man, a con artist kind of guy, and also a Madam who has more on her mind than just selling her girls. It is a pretty dark story.
This book is reserved for the All in the Family Bookbox.
Put into the All in the Family Book box.
This book returned in the All in the Family book box, thanks for including it! I have not read it before so now's my chance!
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