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Sleep, Pale Sister : a consuming Gothic tale set in 19th century London from the bestselling author of Chocolat, Paperback / softback Book

Sleep, Pale Sister : a consuming Gothic tale set in 19th century London from the bestselling author of Chocolat Paperback / softback

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Readers of Kate Atkinson, Kate Mosse, Stacey Halls and Eve Chase will love this powerful, atmospheric and blackly gothic depiction of Victorian artistic life from international multi-million copy seller Joanne Harris. Death, love, obsession, sex, murder and magic combine to make a compelling and haunting read... 'A hauntingly evocative laudanum-dream of a novel' -- Time Out'A very compulsive read' -- ***** Reader review'Tremendous' -- ***** Reader review 'Real gothic page turner' -- ***** Reader review'A truly dark, ghostly and powerful read' -- ***** Reader review'The tension is gripping and kept going to the very end.

I read it in one sitting!' -- ***** Reader review**********************************************************************************************************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 into a dangerous underworld of prostitution, murder and blackmail, she must finally plan her revenge...

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