The Little Stranger (Unabridged)
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3.9 • 19 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Now a major motion picture directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Domhnall Gleeson and Ruth Wilson.
“Several sleepless nights are guaranteed.”—Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
One postwar summer in his home of rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country physician, is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once impressive 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. Its owners—mother, son, and daughter—are struggling to keep pace with a changing society, as well as with conflicts of their own. 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 intimately entwined with his.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Ghosts roam the mansion that’s at the heart of Sarah Waters’ wonderfully spooky novel, but these spirits are more ambiguous than the phantoms of traditional supernatural stories. Hundreds Hall is the crumbling home of the once-prosperous Ayres family, whose sense of despair and decay is rooted in not only the building’s unsettling otherworldly occupants but also the seismic shifts in Britain's class structure post–World War II. As the idealistic Dr. Faraday befriends Caroline, the unmarried daughter of the house, the story gains emotional depth, making the events that unfold that much more chilling.
Customer Reviews
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I had to read this for a class and it was one of the better books out of the bunch. I kept wanting more to happen or higher climax but it continued to keep me interested enough all the while. I would call this a slow-burn type of story. I like the narrator too. I have not yet seen the movie but I read online about people mentioning the film & book weren’t exactly alike…. 👏