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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-100812217268
ISBN-139780812217261
eBay Product ID (ePID)1686124
Product Key Features
Book TitleHouse on the Strand
Number of Pages312 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year2000
GenreFiction
AuthorDaphne Du Maurier
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height2.4 in
Item Weight40.2 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-089179
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"The House on the Strand is prime du Maurierhellip;She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew himself."--New York Times, "The House on the Strandis prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew himself."--New York Times, The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew himself., " The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew himself."- New York Times, The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew himself., " The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew himself."-- New York Times
Dewey Decimal823/.9/12
SynopsisIn this haunting tale, Daphne du Maurier takes a fresh approach to time travel. A secret experimental concoction, once imbibed, allows you to return to the fourteenth century. There is only one catch: if you happen to touch anyone while traveling in the past you will be thrust instantaneously to the present. Magnus Lane, a University of London chemical researcher, asks his friend Richard Young and Young's family to stay at Kilmarth, an ancient house set in the wilds near the Cornish coast. Here, Richard drinks a potion created by Magnus and finds himself at the same spot where he was moments earlier--though it is now the fourteenth century. The effects of the drink wear off after several hours, but it is wildly addictive, and Richard cannot resist traveling back and forth in time. Gradually growing more involved in the lives of the early Cornish manor lords and their ladies, he finds the presence of his wife and stepsons a hindrance to his new-found experience. Richard eventually finds emotional refuge with a beautiful woman of the past trapped in a loveless marriage, but when he attempts to intervene on her behalf the results are brutally terrifying for the present. Echoing the great fantastic stories of H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe, The House on the Strand is a masterful yarn of history, romance, horror, and suspense that will grip the reader until the last surprising twist., "Prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew."-- New York Times, "Prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew."--New York Times
LC Classification NumberPR6007.U47H68 2000
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- 26. Feb. 2025
The book is great I wanted to explore Da...
The book is great I wanted to explore Daphne du Maurier! There was a big stain on the closed book pages, but I can still read the book with ease.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 17. Mai. 2021
Fabulous book
This is a fabulous book.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
