Lucan has been orphaned and Zosine has been deserted, and London is a hostile place for two young girls without a home. Bound together by poverty, grief and their shared years at school, they set out to make a future for themselves in new surroundings. They are adopted by the austere, puritanical Reverend Pennhallow and his wife, and in their large, gloomy house they become immersed in study. But, after a chain of disturbing events, it does not take long before they realize that the cleric and his wife are not all they seem ...
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Lucan has been orphaned and Zosine has been deserted, and London is a hostile place for two young girls without a home. Bound together by poverty, grief and their shared years at school, they set out to make a future for themselves in new surroundings. They are adopted by the austere, puritanical Reverend Pennhallow and his wife, and in their large, gloomy house they become immersed in study. But, after a chain of disturbing events, it does not take long before they realize that the cleric and his wife are not all they seem to be ...
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. THE 1975 REISSUE OF A BOOK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY RANDOM HOUSE IN 1946. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS VERY NICE WITH A COUPLE OF SHORT TEARS AT THE TOP OF THE REAR PANEL, A TRACE OF RUB AT THE FRONT FORE-EDGE FOLD, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.
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Used; Good. Used; Good. 1-E-01 University of Chicago Press 1975 Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free end page. There is light pencil underlining on several pages which does not obscure text. Jacket has light wear. Book Condition; Good Jacket Condition; Good. 1975. HARDCOVER.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. First American Edition. Near fine in a Vg. + dj. (Previous owner's tasteful book plate on front pastedown, neatly obscured from view by the front dj. flap. Hint of mild damp spotting on grey topstain. Couple of quarter-size areas of rubbing on front dj. flap. Spine on dj. age toned, yet still readable, with a shallow chip at crest of spine) A melodramatic novel with elements of horror set in nineteenth-century England.
