Sleep, Pale Sister
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by perditaxknit from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, October 2, 2005
Henry Chester, a domineering and puritanical Victorian artist, is in search of the perfect model. In nine-year-old Effie he finds her. Ten years later, lovely, childlike and sedated, Effie seems the ideal wife. But something inside her is about to awaken. Drawn by her lover, Mose, into a dangerous underworld of intrigue and blackmail, she meets Fanny Miller, the brothel-keeper, and her shadowy daughter, Marta - murdered ten years ago on the day of Henry's weekly visit...And as friendship becomes possession and Henry's secret past is revealed, Effie and Marta plan their revenge together.
Wow - this is very different from the other Joanne Harris I have read!
Although unusual and interesting, it does feel a bit like a first novel in that it could have done with some serious editing. Otherwise I thought it was very good.
Wow - this is very different from the other Joanne Harris I have read!
Although unusual and interesting, it does feel a bit like a first novel in that it could have done with some serious editing. Otherwise I thought it was very good.
Journal Entry 2 by Angyl from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, October 6, 2005
I'm told by Helen that this is a good book. I was sold when she described it. When I saw 'A hauntingly evocative laudanum-dream of a novel' on the front and the word 'Victorian' on the back I was even happier. This is something to read right away.
Journal Entry 3 by Angyl from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, January 12, 2006
Marvellous! This story is one that had me hooked from the start. It took me a few pages to get used to the author's writing style, but soon enough I was engrossed in this tale of Victorian melodrama and enjoying every word of it.
A horrible murder, treachery, bribery, withcraft, and finally a hanging. It's a morbidly delightful story full of all those things I adore about the Victorian era.
I shall be hard pressed to part with this wonderful book.
A horrible murder, treachery, bribery, withcraft, and finally a hanging. It's a morbidly delightful story full of all those things I adore about the Victorian era.
I shall be hard pressed to part with this wonderful book.
