Bøger af Vivien Jones

On a misty, foggy morning, four strangers, from very different backgrounds, are detained in the discharge lounge of a local hospital. To pass the time, they each, in turn, tell their story and, in doing so, resurrect spectres from their past which demand to be seen and heard. They, too, have a story to tell, which, if heeded, will not only reconcile the past, but change the future. Is it ever too late to silence the echoes of regret and condemnation?

Elizabeth Brown disturbs history when she starts to look for something special for her Father's birthday. A unique store in which the gifts on sale have their own stories to tell leads her into a local workhouse and a stately home. What Elizabeth sees and hears, in replays from the shadows of the past, not only challenges her modern values, but her future too. Doubting if anyone will believe her, Elizabeth tells no one about her uncanny experiences, until she meets Samuel William Jarvis, a successful bachelor. Transgressions are not always black and white, so be careful to read between the lines... sins like to remain buried.

In its examination of the contexts, development and implications of James's ideas, the book will be of interest not only to students of James himself, but to those interested in the history of the novel and of narrative theory.

However much students enjoy their reading of a Jane Austen novel, many find it difficult to know how to organise their critical responses.