The Resource The little stranger, Sarah Waters
The little stranger, Sarah Waters
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The item The little stranger, Sarah Waters represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The little stranger, Sarah Waters represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, its owners - mother, son and daughter - struggling to keep pace. 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 entwined with his
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- 501 pages
- Contents
-
- A crumbling country manor house is haunted by a dying way of life
- and perhaps something more sinister. From the Booker short-listed and Orange-Prize winning author of The Night Watch, comes a chilling ghost story
- Isbn
- 9781844086061
- Label
- The little stranger
- Title
- The little stranger
- Statement of responsibility
- Sarah Waters
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- Physicians -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Haunted houses -- Fiction
- trueGhost stories
- trueMisadventures
- trueGhosts
- trueHaunted houses
- trueWarwickshire, England
- trueSupernatural
- trueEnvy in men
- trueHorror
- Horror tales
- truePhysicians
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- Warwickshire (England) -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- trueWorld War II veterans -- England
- trueClassism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, its owners - mother, son and daughter - struggling to keep pace. 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 entwined with his
- Summary
- After being summoned to treat a patient at dilapidated Hundreds Hall, Dr. Faraday finds himself becoming entangled in the lives of the owners, the Ayres family, and the supernatural presences in the house
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 307717
- Cataloging source
- SALS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Waters, Sarah
- Dewey number
- 823.914
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Haunted houses
- Physicians
- Warwickshire (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The little stranger, Sarah Waters
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A crumbling country manor house is haunted by a dying way of life -- and perhaps something more sinister. From the Booker short-listed and Orange-Prize winning author of The Night Watch, comes a chilling ghost story
- Control code
- 000045350980
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- 501 pages
- Isbn
- 9781844086061
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)303020446
- Label
- The little stranger, Sarah Waters
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A crumbling country manor house is haunted by a dying way of life -- and perhaps something more sinister. From the Booker short-listed and Orange-Prize winning author of The Night Watch, comes a chilling ghost story
- Control code
- 000045350980
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- 501 pages
- Isbn
- 9781844086061
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)303020446
Subject
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueBooks to movies
- trueClassism
- trueEnvy in men
- trueGhost stories
- trueGhosts
- trueHaunted houses
- Haunted houses -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHorror
- Horror tales
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMisadventures
- truePhysicians
- Physicians -- Fiction
- trueSupernatural
- Warwickshire (England) -- Fiction
- trueWarwickshire, England
- trueWorld War II veterans -- England
Genre
- trueBooks to movies
- Fiction
- trueGhost stories
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHorror
- Horror tales
- trueLiterary fiction
Included in
- trueFor Fans of The Haunting of Hill House
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2009
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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