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

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

by JoanneHarris (Author)

Synopsis

"Sleep, Pale Sister", a powerful, atmospheric and blackly gothic evocation of Victorian artistic life, was originally published before Joanne Harris achieved worldwide recognition with "Chocolat". 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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 393
Edition: 1st Black Swan Edition
Publisher: Black Swan
Published: 01 Sep 2004

ISBN 10: 0552771783
ISBN 13: 9780552771788
Book Overview: The reissue of Joanne Harris's second novel, a consuming Gothic tale set in 19th century London

Media Reviews
A hauntingly evocative laudanum-dream of a novel * Time Out *
Author Bio
Joanne Harris is one of our best-loved and most versatile novelists. She first appeared on the scene with the bestselling Chocolat (made into an Oscar-nominated film with Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp), which turned into the sensuous Lansquenet trilogy (with Lollipop Shoes and Peaches for Monsieur le Cure). She has since written acclaimed novels in such diverse genres as fantasy based on Norse myth (Runemarks, Runelight, The Gospel of Loki), and the Malbry cycle of dark psychological thrillers (Gentlemen & Players, Blueeyedboy, and now Different Class). Born in Barnsley, of an English father and a French mother, she spent fifteen years as a teacher before (somewhat reluctantly) becoming a full-time writer. In 2013, she was awarded an MBE. She lives in Yorkshire, plays bass in a band first formed when she was sixteen, works in a shed in her garden, spends far too much time online and occasionally dreams of faking her own death and going to live in Hawaii.