The Little Stranger

Sarah Waters

ISBN 10: 1594484465 / ISBN 13: 9781594484469

Published by Penguin Random House LLC Mai 2010, 2010

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Neuware - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Little Stranger
• Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC Mai 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594484465
• ISBN 13: 9781594484469
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 201W x 130H x 33D millimeters 201 millimeters width by 130 millimeters height by 33 millimeters depth
• Weight: 390 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Sarah Waters is the New York Times–bestselling author of The Paying Guests, The Little Stranger,The Night Watch, Fingersmith, Affinity, and Tipping the Velvet. She has three times been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, has twice been a finalist for the Orange Prize, and was named one of Granta’s best young British novelists, among other distinctions. Waters lives in London.