Alias Grace: A NovelIn Alias Grace, the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale takes readers into the life of one of the most notorious women of the nineteenth century—recently adapted into a 6-part Netflix original mini-series by director Mary Harron and writer/actress Sarah Polley. It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. An up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Captivating and disturbing, Alias Grace showcases bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood at the peak of her powers. |
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Crítica de los usuarios - nancyjean19 - LibraryThingThis was the kind of book that I would suddenly realize I had read 100 pages of, nothing had really happened, but I didn't mind. It immerses the reader in both the mind of its main character, Grace ... Leer comentario completo
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Crítica de los usuarios - juniperSun - LibraryThingA tale of the regrettable circumstances of women's lives in the 1800's. I'm not sure I wanted to be in the head of Grace Marks or Dr Simon Jordan, but the tale is well-composed and compelling. Leer comentario completo
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YouN G MANs FAN cy | 43 |
W B R O KEN DISH E S | 93 |
SEC RET D R AW ER | 135 |
S N A K E FE N C E | 181 |
Fox AND GE ESE | 239 |
HEARTS AND GIZZA R D S | 283 |
So Lo Mo NS T E M P L E | 367 |
PAND OR A S Box | 397 |
T H E LETTER x | 425 |
T H E TREE OF PARAD IS E 437 | 455 |
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appear asked become believe better body called carried close clothes coming course dark dead doctor door dress eyes face father feel felt floor front gave girl give gone Grace Grace Marks hair hand hard he's head hear heard heart hold hope horse Jordan keep kind Kinnear kitchen knew ladies laughed least leave light living look Lydia married Mary Mary Whitney McDermott mean mind Miss morning mother murder Nancy never night once perhaps person remember says Simon seen servant sitting smell smile soon sort standing stay story suppose sure talk tell there's things thought told took Toronto trees turned Verringer voice walk wash wish woman wonder writing young
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Página 19 - I have been struck," she said, "and I am suffering now; Yet these are little worth, your bolts and irons strong; And, were they forged in steel, they could not hold me long.
Página 19 - ... woman, with a slight, graceful figure. There is an air of hopeless melancholy in her face which is very painful to contemplate. Her complexion is fair and must, before the touch of hopeless sorrow paled it, have been very brilliant. Her eyes are a bright blue, her hair auburn, and her face would be rather handsome were it not for the long curved chin which gives, as it always does to most persons who have this facial defect, a cunning, cruel expression.
Referencias a este libro
Género, identidad y lugar: un estudio de las geografías feministas Linda McDowell Sin vista previa disponible - 2000 |
Older Women in the Criminal Justice System: Running Out of Time Azrini Wahidin Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Alias Grace: A Novel |
| Autor | Margaret Atwood |
| Edición | íntegra |
| Editor | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0307797953, 9780307797957 |
| Largo | 480 páginas |
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