Susan Hill
Paperback | Pages: 138 pages Rating: 3.72 | 44808 Users | 5264 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Woman in Black |
| ISBN: | 1567921892 (ISBN13: 9781567921892) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Woman in Black #1 |
| Characters: | Arthur Kipps |
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What real reader does not yearn, somewhere in the recesses of his or her heart, for a really literate, first-class thriller--one that chills the body, but warms the soul with plot, perception, and language at once astute and vivid? In other words, a ghost story written by Jane Austen? Alas, we cannot give you Austen, but Susan Hill's remarkable Woman In Black comes as close as our era can provide. Set on the obligatory English moor, on an isolated causeway, the story has as its hero Arthur Kipps, an up-and-coming young solicitor who has come north from London to attend the funeral and settle the affairs of Mrs. Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House. The routine formalities he anticipates give way to a tumble of events and secrets more sinister and terrifying than any nightmare: the rocking chair in the deserted nursery, the eerie sound of a pony and trap, a child's scream in the fog, and most dreadfully--and for Kipps most tragically--The Woman In Black. The Woman In Black is both a brilliant exercise in atmosphere and controlled horror and a delicious spine-tingler--proof positive that this neglected genre, the ghost story, isn't dead after all.Define About Books The Woman in Black (The Woman in Black #1)
| Title | : | The Woman in Black (The Woman in Black #1) |
| Author | : | Susan Hill |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 138 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 2001 by David R. Godine Publisher (first published October 10th 1983) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Gothic. Classics. Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Paranormal. Ghosts |
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Ratings: 3.72 From 44808 Users | 5264 ReviewsDiscuss About Books The Woman in Black (The Woman in Black #1)
2.5 rounded up to 3 stars.I was very disappointed with this book. It's much shorter than I thought it was going to be, for one. That's my fault for not checking to see how many pages it was.I found the prose to be overly descriptive. I get it, the house is located in a marsh by the sea. I get it that there is fog. I get it that the only road to the house is underwater during high tide. Enough already, where is the woman?Even when the woman shows up, the story continues to be boring. I did notI purchased my copy of The Woman in Black at the gift shop whilst seeing the play in the West End. Its was one of them stories that I really should have read by now.I really liked the structure of the story as the main protagonist Arthur Kipps recounts hes experience of ghosts whilst working as a junior solicitor.The secluded house is effective and creepy whilst the reason of the haunting is incredibly chilling.
I read this a while back: it's a grim, good old-fashioned horror story.For a much more informative review, please may I redirect you to @Cecily's superb appraisal of this book?https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hmm. A pseudo-Victorian gothic ghost story that has a very un-Victorian length of 140 pages. To be honest, it's not very good. It reminds me of 14 year old me when I started reading things like Dracula, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre and thinking 'there's not much to this writing a classic novel business- I should give it a try'. Cue the dull, rational protagonist (lawyer or doctor obviously) who is thrown into some spooky goings-on and slowly becomes undone in such default settings
I first read 'The Woman in Black' back in 1990 - I loved it then and I still love it now. I re-read it especially for my 'All Hallows Eve' event and I'm so pleased I revisited this amazing book.The eeriness of the story is combined with delicious descriptive prose. This is what I love about Hills' writing. She's able to describe the world surrounding her characters with such detail I could actually be there, smelling the morning dew, feeling the biting wind on my skin, sensing the fear that
This hardcover book is copy 40 of 300 (Plus 20 copies for contributors) printed and signed by:Susan HillReggie Oliver - (interior art)Simon Prades - (cover art)
A very good ghost story with creepy sounds, a marsh with lots of fog and danger, and a haunting revengeful spirit. I was all set to give this book a strong 3 stars until the last chapter's chilling, horrid surprise ending. Now I can't wait to see the movie with Daniel Radcliffe. This is a GREAT October read!
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