0897330978 paperback published in 1984 0953478041 paperback published in 1999 kindle edition published i. 9780953478040 from amazon s book store.
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She realizes she is trapped in another woman s body who is a sort of alter ego of hers.
The victorian chaise longue marghanita laski. Download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets. Melanie is newly married and has just given birth to a child. In the hands of a modern writer i suspect everything would have gone a little ott and been drawn out for 400 pages marghanita laski is wonderfully subtle and restrains herself to not revealing everything.
This is pure horror writing but done in a classy and beautiful way. Editions for the victorian chaise longue. This is timetravel fiction but with a difference instead of making it into a form of adventure what marghanita laski has done is to propose that such an experience would be the ultimate terror so melanie milly clings to the belief that she is dreaming for as long as she possibly can.
The victorian chaise longue is different from her other works but in a wonderful way. Marghanita laski was born in manchester england to a prominent family of jewish intellectuals neville laski was her father moses gaster her grandfather and harold laski her uncle she was educated at lady barn house school in manchester and st paul s girls school in hammersmith worked in fashion then studied english at somerville college oxford where she was a close. The story follows a young woman recovering from tuberculosis who wakes up in the victorian era one day when she falls asleep on her antique chaise longue.
Melanie langdon is a young 1950s wife recovering from tb. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This was my introduction to the author marghanita laski and now i am reading through every one of her books i can find.
The victorian chaise longue was written by marghanita laski and published in 1953. The victorian chaise longue kindle edition by laski marghanita james p. The victorian chaise longue is far more powerful in my opinion for such handling.
In case you re going huh persephone week is being hosted by claire at paperback reader and verity at the b files and the goal is to read and celebrate persephone books a publisher of neglected and forgotten twentieth century classics most by women. The victorian chaise longue by marghanita laski. Use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading the victorian chaise longue.
This is no small feat as many are out of print. Due to health issues she s been confined to bed since her pregnancy in present day 1953 the time the book was published. Buy the victorian chaise longue by laski marghanita james p d.
The victorian chaise longue is a wonderful time travel novel that has quite a few horror elements. The victorian chaise longue by marghanita laski happy persephone week everyone.
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