The Little Stranger
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3.7 • 17 Ratings
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
Now a major motion picture starring Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter and Charlotte Rampling, and directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
'Sarah Waters's masterly novel is . . . gripping, confident, unnerving and supremely entertaining' Hilary Mantel
After her award-winning trilogy of Victorian novels, Sarah Waters turned to the 1940s and wrote THE NIGHT WATCH, a tender and tragic novel set against the backdrop of wartime Britain. Shortlisted for both the Orange and the Man Booker, it went straight to number one in the bestseller chart.
In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his.
Prepare yourself. From this wonderful writer who continues to astonish us, now comes a chilling ghost story.
Customer Reviews
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
I bought this audio book because I had seen the film adaptation which posed more questions than answers and I hoped the book would help. Not only does the book help but far surpasses my expectations by being a throughly gripping read/listen. The story is far more complex than the film, which is usually the case with adaptations, but what I wasn’t expecting was the characters to have been so ‘redefined’ that it’s a different story altogether. This is such a shame as this book stands perfectly well in its own right, being a mixture of mystery, ghost story and love story. Very glad I purchased it and would definitely recommend.